Abstract: The present invention provides a dentinogenesis inducer and dentinogenesis pulp-capping material, which are effectively used for formation (regeneration) of dentin. The present invention also provides a method of producing odontoblasts useful for dental regenerative therapy and the application of the obtained odontoblasts. The dentinogenesis inducer and the dentinogenesis pulp-capping material of the present invention are both characterized by the use of an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor as an active ingredient. Additionally, odontoblasts can be produced by culturing cells capable of differentiating into odontoblasts in the presence of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor.

Abstract: To provide a surface modified implant made with titanium or a titanium alloy in which a bone bonding can be made easily and certainly as compared with conventional ones and treating method thereof, the surface of the implant made with titanium or the titanium alloy is treated with polyphosphoric acid and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and the method comprises treating with a polyphosphoric acid solution having a concentration of 0.05 to 70% by weight and with a basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) solution having a concentration of 1 to 500 ng/ml, or treating with a mixed solution having the concentration of the polyphosphoric acid of 0.05 to 70% by weight and the concentration of the basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) of 1 to 500 ng/ml.