Implants and Its Protection
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Coatings for Biomedicine and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 4486
Special Issue Editor
2. Graduate School of Clinical Dentistry, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
3. Research Center of Clinical Dentistry, Clinical Dentistry Graduate School, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Interests: implant; biomaterial; coating; 3D printing; ceramic scaffold; dental surgery; digital dentistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing biological structure, support a damaged biological structure, or enhance an existing biological structure. Medical implants are human-made devices, in contrast to a transplant, which is a transplanted biomedical tissue. The surface of implants that contact the body might be made of a biomedical material such as titanium, silicone, magnesium or apatite depending on what is the most functional. Some implants are bioactive, such as subcutaneous drug delivery devices in the form of implantable pills or drug-eluting stents.
The ideal implant should be able to deter bacterial adhesion and minimize prosthetic infection. Recent developments in material science and cell biology have seen the development of new implant coatings to address these issues. Coatings consisting of bioceramics, extracellular matrix proteins, biological peptides or growth factors impart bioactivity and biocompatibility to the metallic surface of conventional prosthesis that promotes bone ingrowth and differentiation of stem cells into osteoblasts, leading to enhanced osteointegration of the implant. Furthermore, coatings such as silver, nitric oxide, antibiotics, antiseptics and antimicrobial peptides with anti-microbial properties have also been developed, which show promise in reducing bacterial adhesion and prosthetic infections.
We encourage you to send manuscripts containing scientific findings within the broad fields of coatings and implants. In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- implant;
- coating;
- 3D printing;
- dental implant;
- implantitis;
- bioceramic;
- drug-eluting;
- protection
Prof. Dr. Soo-Hwan Byun
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- implant
- coating
- 3D printing
- dental implant
- implantitis
- bioceramic
- drug-eluting
- protection
