Dental Medicine and Orthodontics

Syndromic children present delays in motor skills acquisition compared to those with normal development, which may interfere in activities such as grip strength and manual dexterity. Their clinical complexity demands comprehensive management by an extensive multidisciplinary team. Judging from the explosion of articles not only in scientific journals, but also in the mass media and on the internet, one could say that the term “stem cells” has become linked to the word “cure”. In the recent years, the field of dentistry has embossed its presence by taking major leaps in research and further bringing it into practice. Recently, scientists focus on tooth tissue engineering, as a potential treatment, beyond the existing prosthetic methods. Tooth engineering is a promising new therapeutic approach that seeks to replace the missing tooth with a bioengineered one or to restore the damaged dental tissue. Additional research needs to be performed, but nevertheless, the results of existing studies are encouraging and strongly support the belief that tooth engineering can offer hope to special children suffering from dental problems or tooth loss.