TABLE 1.
Stem cell type in the dental cells.
| Properties | Stem cells from the apical paplilla | Periodontal ligament stem cells | Dental pulp stem cells | Stem cells from the pulp of human exfoliated deciduous teeth | Dental follicle precursor cells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Apical papilla of emerging root | Periodontal ligament | Permanent tooth pulp | Exfoliated deciduous tooth pulp | Dental follicle of emerging tooth |
| Propagation rate | High | High | Moderate | High | High |
| — | Yes | — | — | — | |
| Multipotentiality | Odontoblast, adipocyte, neurocyte, iPS osteoblast | Odontoblast, chondrocyte | Odontoblast, myocyte, chondrocyte | Osteoblast, odontoblast | Odontoblast, neurocyte osteoblast |
| osteoblast | neurocyte | myocyte, Induced pluripotent stem cell | |||
| cementoblast, neurocyte | adipocyte | neurocyte, chondrocyte | |||
| melanoma cell, osteoblast | adipocyte | ||||
| Induced pluripotent stem cell, corneal | |||||
| epithelial cell | |||||
| Tissue repair | Bone redevelopment, dentin-pulp restoration, root development | Bone redevelopment, periodontal regeneration root development | Neuroregeneration, bone redevelopment | Bone redevelopment, tubular dentin neuroregeneration | Periodontal regeneration, bone |
| neuroregeneration | myogenic | regeneration | |||
| redevelopment, dentin pulp restoration | |||||
| Heterogeneity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |