Growth Factors and Periodontal Regeneration

Growth Factors and Periodontal Regeneration is organized by Homestead Schools, Inc.

Learning Objectives:
• Define the difference between repair and regeneration.
• Discuss the potential for periodontal tissues to undergo repair versus regeneration.
• Discuss the concepts of oral wound healing in periodontics.
• Understand the role of growth and differentiation factors in periodontal regeneration.
• Discuss the principles of the biology of wound healing.
• Understand the molecular and cell biology of cementum.
• Discuss the role of cementum in periodontal wound healing and regeneration.
• Understand the role of growth factors as indicators of periodontal disease activity.
• Discuss the methods available to deliver growth factors to sites of periodontal disease.
• Discuss the future use of gene therapy to target growth factors to periodontal tissues.
• Discuss how human derived dental stem cells might have potential use in the future.
• Discuss the use of stem cells in periodontal regeneration.
• Discuss the impact of growth factors and cytokines on the differentiation of osteoblasts.
• Discuss the regulation and interaction of growth factor pathways.