Dental and Nondental Stem Cell Based Regeneration of the Craniofacial Region: A Tissue Based Approach

Table 4

This table presents a general summary of target tissues or organs in need of superior regenerative solutions and the corresponding stem cell types evidenced with feasible regenerative potential.

Tissue/tissues to be regenerated	Promising stem cell sources to be used in isolation or conjunction	References
Bone	BM-MSCs, ASCs, DPSCs, SHED	[24, 26, 34, 36, 37, 40, 42, 44, 46, 49, 50, 54, 56, 62–65, 71–73, 78, 81, 83–85, 91, 93, 94, 96, 101–104, 106, 117]
Cartilage	PDLSCs, BM-MSCs, TMJ-SCs
Tooth	PDLSCs, BM-MSCs, iPSCs, and tooth progenitor cells
Oral mucosa	Oral mucosa stem cells and iPSCs
Periodontium	PDLSCs and iPSCs
Skin	Embryonic MSCs, LGR 6+ SCs, PBSCs, and ASCs
Fat	ASCs
Muscle	Mesoangioblasts, iPSCs, DPSCs, and muscle stem cells
Nerve	iPSCs, SHED, DPSCs, SK-mScs
Cornea	LSCs, and oral mucosa epithelial stem cells
Retina	NRl rod photoreceptor progenitor cells
Salivary gland	CD133/c-kit expressing SCs and ASCs
Lacrimal gland	ASCs