Patent ID: 8822212
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A method for forming at least a tooth root in a tooth containing a tooth crown, the method comprising: forming a culture core containing the tooth and a cell-containing base material, the tooth being wrapped with the cell-containing base material, and culturing the culture core in a medium so as to form at least the tooth root in the tooth contained in the culture core, wherein the cell-containing base material comprises at least one kind of cells selected from periodontal ligament-derived cells, bone marrow-derived cells, dental follicle-derived cells, dental pulp-derived cells and dental papilla-derived cells, and wherein the medium comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of the following (1) and (2): wherein the component in (1) comprises IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-9, IL-10, IL-12, EGF, TNF-α, TGF-α, IGF-I, GH, PDGF-AB, IGF-BP-3, FGF-2, VEGF, LIF, and HGF, and wherein the additive in (2) comprises IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-9, EGF, IGF-I, GH, PDGF-AB, VEGF, LIF, HGF, FGF-2, FGF-1, BMP-2, BMP-4, M-CSF, dexamethasone, insulin, thyroxine, thyrocalcitonin, ascorbic acid and β-glycerophosphate.