Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 644-650.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2380

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Tissue engineering scaffolds in repairing oral and maxillofacial soft tissue defects

Chen Jiana1, 2, Qiu Yanling1, 3, Nie Minhai1, 2, Liu Xuqian1, 2   

  1. 1Department of Periodontics & Oral Mucosal Diseases, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China; 2Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration Laboratory, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China; 3Department of Stomatology, People’s Hospital of Yanjiang District, Ziyang 641300, Sichuan Province, China
  • Received:2020-03-28 Revised:2020-04-03 Accepted:2020-05-09 Online:2021-02-08 Published:2020-11-25
  • Contact: Liu Xuqian, Associate professor, Department of Periodontics & Oral Mucosal Diseases, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China; Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration Laboratory, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
  • About author:Chen Jiana, Master candidate, Department of Periodontics & Oral Mucosal Diseases, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China; Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration Laboratory, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
  • Supported by:
     the Science and Technology Plan Project of Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province , No. 2020YJ0387; the Key Scientific and Technological Strategic Cooperation Project between Luzhou Municipal People's Government and Southwest Medical University, No. 2019LZXNYDZ10

Abstract: BACKGROUND: In recent years, more and more scaffold materials have been used to repair soft tissue defects, and the clinical repair effect of soft tissue defects is strongly associated with the source and performance of materials.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the research progress of preparation and application of different biological scaffolds in the field of oral and maxillofacial soft tissue defect repair.
METHODS: PubMed and Medline were searched for articles published from 1966 to 2019 with the English key words of “materials, scaffold, biological scaffold, soft tissue, coloboma, tissue engineering, review”. Chinese journal full-text database and Chinese science citation database were retrieved for articles published from 2003 to 2019 with key words of “material, scaffold, biological scaffold, soft tissue, defect, tissue engineering, review”.  
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Natural bio-scaffold materials are directly derived from organisms with pretty biocompatibility. Natural bio-scaffold materials can release cytoactive factors, promote cell adhesion, proliferation and differentiation, and can be combined with synthetic polymer materials with controllable properties to form composite scaffolds, which is an ideal scaffold material for repairing soft tissue defects of oral and maxillofacial regions. Nanomaterials have higher biological activity than other scaffold materials and can promote the adhesion and proliferation of seed cells, providing ideal three-dimensional space for cell growth, but their applications are currently mainly reflected in bone tissue repair, and the applications in soft tissue repair are very few. At present, there are many researches on natural biological scaffold materials in oral and maxillofacial soft tissue repair, mainly including small intestinal submucosa, acellular dermal matrix and acellular vascular scaffolds. The combination of natural biological scaffold materials and synthetic polymer materials will be a major research trend in materials for repairing oral and maxillofacial soft tissue defects.

Key words: material, scaffold, biological scaffold, soft tissue, defect, tissue engineering, polymers, review

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