NEW TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE USE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY.

BERMUDEZ JOSE; PALMA SANTIAGO; HUERTA JOAQUIN ; ALLEMANDI DANIEL; QUINTEROS DANIELA

Nanobiomaterials in Dentistry

Elsevier

Lugar: Oxford; Año: 2016; p. 133 - 160

Durability of dental restorations are very important for public health because it delays or eliminate, future dental treatments. It is hard to organize the area of dental health, since the best part of research is oriented towards the concept of restoration in a very broad sense. The restorative dentistry in the XXIst Century is changing everyday. As times passes by, the chemistry and investigation of new products, are changing the way dentists can approach different situations. The introduction of microfill restoratives (in the early 1970s)can be considered the beginning of the dental nanotechnology, a new period of time with a nonstop evolution of restorative materials wich, combined with new adhesives, is changing the way dentist can treat their patients, treatments based in addition, preserving as much as possible tooth structure. This is what we called: "The minimally invasive odontology".Other applications of nanotechnology in dentistry are focused on the delivery of molecules that promote hard tissue remineralization by noninvasive techniques. In this context, the most promising technology for the nanorestoration of tooth structure is biomimetics, the study and use of processes that mimic nature and repair oral tissues.Odontology based on adding material without any removal and preservation of the tooth structures seem to be mandatory. Only by improving materials properties and adhesion, this objective could be achieved.