Nice article on TMJ tissue engineering

[molestrip]

For those with TMJ problems, I found this nice article on tissue engineering.

[Lazlo]

another 20 years for clinical application? That's my prediction. They're thinking about engineering the entire TMJ and they can't even fill in bloody black triangles yet. Sometimes I think all these papers are just something to give scientists something to do.

[molestrip]

The black triangles are a bony defect, right? If so, then why wouldn't that be amenable to guided bone regeneration?

[PloskoPlus]

another 20 years for clinical application? That's my prediction. They're thinking about engineering the entire TMJ and they can't even fill in bloody black triangles yet. Sometimes I think all these papers are just something to give scientists something to do.

I sort of agree.  Pinning your hopes on these "advancements" is a mug's game.  If a treatment has not been done on human subjects, it might as well not exist. 

[Lazlo]

this looks like it could work....

GJ? How do you think this sounds?

http://naturelize.com/en/documents/dental-arts/papilla-reconstruction-upper-premolars