Dental, Oral & Craniofacial
Tissue Regeneration Consortium
Tissue Regeneration Consortium

Portfolio
Principal Investigator(s) | ITP Project Title | Technology Type |
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Bone | ||
Tara Aghaloo, DDS, MD, PhD (University of California Los Angeles) | Stem cell-based therapies for bone regeneration around ailing dental implants | Biologic‑Device |
Yang Chai, DDS, PhD (University of Southern California) | Calvarial bone regeneration using mesenchymal stem cells | Biologic‑Device |
Joseph Fiorellini, DMD, DMedSc (Penn Dental Medicine), George Kay, DMD (RevBio) | Optimization of a Novel Organic-Mineral Bone Adhesive for Dental Bone Grafting (Tetranite) | Device |
Andrew Brown, PhD (Emergence Dental)/Stephen LeBeau, PhD (nanoMAG) | AmpliMag: Form Stable, Resorbable Barrier Membrane | Device |
Ari Wes, MD (Ostiio) | Ostiio: A Smart, Fully-Implantable CMF Distractor | Device |
Periodontal Tissues | ||
William Giannobile, DDS, DMedSc (Harvard University) | Romosozumab to treat alveolar bone loss for dental implant reconstruction | Biologic |
Steven Little, PhD/Charles Sfeir, DDS, PhD (University of Pittsburgh) | Immunomodulatory Strategies to Treat Periodontal Disease (CCL2/22) | Biologic |
Peter Santa Maria, MD, PhD (Stanford University) | HB-EGF for radiation induced oral mucositis | Biologic |
Salivary Gland | ||
Michael Passineau, PhD (Allegheny Health Network)/Isabelle Lombaert, PhD (University of Michigan) | Non-viral Aquaporin-1 Gene Therapy to Restore Salivary Flow in Patients Suffering from Radiation-induced Xerostomia, Michael Passineau, PhD (Allegheny Health Network)/Isabelle Lombaert, PhD (University of Michigan) | Biologic‑Device |
Sarah Knox, PhD (University of California San Francisco) | Hydronova: Regenerating the salivary gland using an injectable hydrogel | Drug‑Device |
Soft Tissue (Nerve, Muscle, Skin, Fat, Other) | ||
Stephen Feinberg, DDS, PhD (University of Michigan) | Tissue Engineering Functional Human Lips | Biologic |
Kacey Marra, PhD (University of Pittsburgh/Nerve Repair Technologies) | AxoMax: A Novel Conduit that Enhances Nerve Regeneration | Biologic‑Device |
J. Peter Rubin, MD (University of Pittsburgh) | A Device to Preserve Adipose Tissue Grafts for Soft Tissue Reconstruction (LipoStore) | Device |
Kevin Healy, PhD (University of California Berkeley) | Bioinspired hydrogels for craniofacial muscle regeneration | Device |
Derrick Wan, MD (Stanford University) | Transdermal deferoxamine to enhance fat graft retention for reconstruction of irradiated soft tissue defects | Drug‑Device |
Alex Wong, MD (Stanford University) | 3D-transglutaminase hydrogel fibronectin therapy for non-healing irradiated head and neck skin wounds | Drug‑Device |
Geoffrey Gurtner, MD (Stanford University) | Prevention of scar formation in the skin using topical focal adhesion kinase inhibitors | Drug‑Device |
Teeth/Dental Pulp | ||
Luiz Bertassoni, DDS, PhD (Oregon Health and Science University)/Pamela Yelick, PhD (Tufts University) | REGEndogel: A Bioinspired Hydrogel System for Endodontic Therapy | Device |
Steven Bloembergen, PhD (GreenMark Biomedical) | Targeted Remineralization Treatment Using Mineral Loaded Starch Nanoparticle | Device |
Juan Taboas, PhD/Herb Ray, DMD (University of Pittsburgh) | Commercialization of Vital-Dent | Drug‑device |
Temporomandibular Joint | ||
Alejandro Almarza, PhD (University of Pittsburgh) | ECM Scaffolds for TMJ Disc Repair | Device |
Denis Evseenko, MD, PhD (University of Southern California) | Novel drug candidate for therapy of arthritis of the temporomandibular joint | Drug |
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