Microvascular Composite Bone Flaps

Fernandes, Rui; Pirgousis, Phil

doi:10.1002/9781118704493.ch15

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“…For composite oral and maxillofacial tissue reconstruction, microvascular free tissue transfer such as osteocutanous radial forearm flap has been widely embraced. Nevertheless, it is associated with significant morbidity including hand ischemia, radius fracture, neurological injuries, and graft failure functionally and aesthetically [ 8 ].…”

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Development of three-dimensional tissue engineered bone-oral mucosal composite models

Almela

Brook

Moharamzadeh

2016

J Mater Sci: Mater Med

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Tissue engineering of bone and oral mucosa have been extensively studied independently. The aim of this study was to develop and investigate a novel combination of bone and oral mucosa in a single 3D in vitro composite tissue mimicking the natural structure of alveolar bone with an overlying oral mucosa. Rat osteosarcoma (ROS) cells were seeded into a hydroxyapatite/tri-calcium phosphate scaffold and bone constructs were cultured in a spinner bioreactor for 3 months. An engineered oral mucosa was fabricated by air/liquid interface culture of immortalized OKF6/TERET-2 oral keratinocytes on collagen gel-embedded fibroblasts. EOM was incorporated into the engineered bone using a tissue adhesive and further cultured prior to qualitative and quantitative assessments. Presto Blue assay revealed that ROS cells remained vital throughout the experiment. The histological and scanning electron microscope examinations showed that the cells proliferated and densely populated the scaffold construct. Micro computed tomography (micro-CT) scanning revealed an increase in closed porosity and a decrease in open and total porosity at the end of the culture period. Histological examination of bone-oral mucosa model showed a relatively differentiated parakeratinized epithelium, evenly distributed fibroblasts in the connective tissue layer and widely spread ROS cells within the bone scaffold. The feasibility of fabricating a novel bone-oral mucosa model using cell lines is demonstrated. Generating human ‘normal’ cell-based models with further characterization is required to optimize the model for in vitro and in vivo applications.

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