hydrogel

Hydrogel Provides Relief from Dry Mouth

Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a hydrogel that has potential for...

Harvard Licenses Tough Gel Adhesive Technology to Amend Surgical

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has exclusively licensed its...

$30 Million Grant to Support Regenerative Research

The Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR) will use...

Hydrogel Shows Promise in Treating Bone Defects

Bioengineers and dentists from the UCLA School of Dentistry have developed a hydrogel that...

Studies Make Progress in Bioengineering Teeth

While artificial dental implants are today’s standard for tooth replacement therapy, they do not...

Bioengineered Tooth Buds Developed to Replace Dental Implants

Alen Blagajcevic, a student at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, presented an...

Tiny Diamonds Improve Cleft Palate Treatment

Children with cleft palate may face fewer painful surgeries and spend less time in...

Stem Cell Delivery Regenerates Dental Pulp-Like Tissue

When a tooth is damaged by decay or trauma, the living tissues that comprise...

Electricity Eliminates the Needle in Anesthesia Delivery

Many patients don’t like needles. So, dentists soon may be using a tiny electric...

Stretchy hydrogel ‘Band-Aid’ senses, lights up, delivers medicine

MIT engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky,...