Nan Li

TL;DR: Five experimental strategies developed by different research groups for extending the longevity of resin-dentin bonds are examined, finding a combination of several of these strategies should result in overcoming the critical barriers to progress currently encountered in dentin bonding.

TL;DR: The ability of using simple non-protein molecules to recapitulate different levels of structural hierarchy in mineralised collagen signifies the ultimate simplicity in Nature's biomineralisation design principles and challenges the need for using more complex recombinant matrix proteins in bioengineering applications.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the use of two phosphate-based templating analogs of matrix proteins in the presence of a polycarboxylic acid sequestration analog of ACPs results in a highly ordered intrafibrillar nanoapatite assembly that recapitulates the gap and overlap arrangement of collagen molecules within a collagen fibril.

TL;DR: In the present study, 250-300 μm thick, partially demineralized collagen scaffolds exhibiting a gradient ofdemineralization from the base to surface were mineralized using a classical top-down approach and a non-classical bottom-up approach.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the version of MTA employed in this study may be doped with biomimetic analogs for remineralization of unbonded and bonded artificial caries-like lesions in the presence of SBF.