The impact of collagen membranes on 3D gingival fibroblast toroids

Background Development in guided tissue regeneration requires biomaterial testing. 3D cell constructs represent a new approach to bridge the gap between cell culture and animal models. Following the hypothesis that attachment behavior of cells could be observed in toroidal 3D cell constructs, the aim of this study was to evaluate 3D gingival fibroblast (GF) toroids as a simple and feasible in vitro assay to test attachment of oral fibroblasts to collagen membranes.