REVIEW ARTICLE
Concerns of a Pediatric Dentist in Dental Stem Cells: An Overview
Suseela Keerti Popuri*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2018Volume: 12
First Page: 596
Last Page: 604
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-12-596
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901814010596
Article History:
Received Date: 1/5/2018Revision Received Date: 20/6/2018
Acceptance Date: 10/8/2018
Electronic publication date: 31/08/2018
Collection year: 2018

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Abstract
Stem cell biology has become an essential part of regenerative medicine and dentistry. The fact of availability of these stem cells among various dental tissues has doubled the researcher’s enthusiasm in the recent years due to fewer ethical constraints and minimally invasive nature. Stem cells from deciduous tooth among the dental stem cells are the ones obtained with least or no trauma. To date, enormous research has been reported on dental stem cells. The purpose of this review is to focus only on certain aspects of dental stem cells that are important to the specialty of pedodontics. Thus, a detailed emphasis is given on stem cells obtained from human deciduous teeth including their harvesting and storage techniques.