Three dimensional (3D) bioprinting has been emerging enabling the incorporation of living cells into the biomaterials (such a mixture is referred as a bioink) to create scaffolds. However, the bioinks available for scaffold bioprinting are limited, particularly for dental tissue engineering, due to the complicated, yet compromised, printability, mechanical and biological properties simultaneously imposed on the bioinks. This paper shows the development of a novel bioink from carboxymethyl chitosan and alginate for bioprinting scaffolds for enamel tissue regeneration. Carboxymethyl chitosan is used because to its antibacterial ability and superior cell interaction properties, while alginate was added to enhance printability and mechanical properties as well as to regulate the degradation rate. The bioinks with three mixture ratios of alginate and carboxymethyl chitosan (2-4, 3-3 and 4-2) are prepared, and then printed into the calcium chloride crosslinker solution (100 mM) to form a 3D structure of scaffolds. The printed scaffolds are characterized in terms of structural, swelling, degradation, and mechanical properties, followed by their in vitro characterization for enamel tissue regeneration. The results show that the bioinks with higher concentrations of alginate are more viscous and need higher pressure for printing; while the printed scaffolds are highly porous and show a high degree of printability and structural integrity. The hydrogels with higher carboxymethyl chitosan ratios have higher swelling ratios, faster degradation rates, and lower compressive modulus. Dental epithelial cell line, HAT-7, could maintain high viability in the printed constructs after 1, 7 and 14 days of culture. HAT-7 cells are also able to maintain their morphology and secrete alkaline phosphatase after 14 days of culture in the 3D printed scaffolds, suggesting the capacity of these cells for mineral deposition and enamel-like tissue formation. Taken together, alginate-carboxymethyl chitosan may be suitable to print scaffolds with dental epithelial cells for enamel tissue regeneration.