Patent ID: 8927284
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a tooth, comprising: a step of arranging, in a support carrier, a column-shaped first cell aggregate comprising mesenchymal cells to be in contact with a column-shaped second cell aggregate comprising epithelial cells, wherein at least one of the mesenchymal cell and the epithelial cell is derived from a tooth germ, wherein said first cell aggregate and said second cell aggregate are cell masses, wherein a contact length between said column-shaped first cell aggregate and said column-shaped second cell aggregate is approximately within a range of plus and minus 25% of a desired length, wherein the contact length is measured in a direction that parallels an axis of said first or second column-shaped cell aggregate; and a step of culturing said first and second column-shaped cell aggregates inside the support carrier, thereby producing a tooth.