3D scaffolds of caprolactone/chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/hydroxyapatite stabilized by physical bonds seeded with swine dental pulp stem cell for bone tissue engineering.

"Conflict of interest The authors declare no competing interests."

"This work was supported by the Program for Research and Technological Innovation Projects (PAPIIT) UNAM. Grant: IA207420 and by the DGAPA department, UNAM for the V.A. Reyna-Urrutia Postdoc Scholarship. We thank Dr. José L. López-Miranda and Dr. Marlen A. González-Reyna for their help in the physicochemical characterization of the elaborated scaffolds. The authors acknowledge PhD. Miriam V. Flores-Merino from Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEmex), Toluca, México, for providing chitosan with batch No. 419419. We thank Dr. Ángel L. Rodriguez-Morales for him support in the preparation of the scaffolds and Dr. Rita Sulub-Sulub for her support in the TGA tests."