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New Developments in Dental Implant Materials

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 4634

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Luigi Canullo

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Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Genova, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Interests: dental implants; bone regeneration; scaffolds; biomaterials; bone tissue engineering
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The development of dental materials has introduced various new choices to implantology. Up until now, different types of materials, including polymers, metal materials and inorganic materials, have been widely used for filling materials, dental restoration, dental implants, bone regeneration and graft substitutes. Furthermore, the emergence of smart materials and bio-compatible scaffolds has gained more attention in dental hard tissue engineering fields. In addition, new materials with improved properties, osteoinductive and osteoconductive materials, and biofunctionalized implants with organic molecules, proteins or peptides anchored on the implant surface are also the new trends.

The aim of this Special Issue is to introduce the state-of-art progress in the preparation, characterization and applications of various advanced dental materials and their coatings for biomedical applications. 

Dr. Luigi Canullo
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • dental implant materials
  • bone regeneration
  • biocompatibility
  • nanocomposite dental implants
  • implant surface
  • functional coatings

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POSS and SSQ Materials in Dental Applications: Recent Advances and Future Outlooks
by Jan Ozimek, Izabela Łukaszewska and Krzysztof Pielichowski
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(5), 4493; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054493 - 24 Feb 2023
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Recently, silsesquioxanes (SSQ) and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) have gained much interest in the area of biomaterials, mainly due to their intrinsic properties such as biocompatibility, complete non-toxicity, the ability to self-assemble and to form a porous structure, facilitating cell proliferation, creating a [...] Read more.
Recently, silsesquioxanes (SSQ) and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) have gained much interest in the area of biomaterials, mainly due to their intrinsic properties such as biocompatibility, complete non-toxicity, the ability to self-assemble and to form a porous structure, facilitating cell proliferation, creating a superhydrophobic surface, osteoinductivity, and ability to bind hydroxyapatite. All the above has resulted in new developments in medicine. However, the application of POSS-containing materials in dentistry is still at initial stage and deserves a systematic description to ensure future development. Significant problems, such as reduction of polymerization shrinkage, water absorption, hydrolysis rate, poor adhesion and strength, unsatisfactory biocompatibility, and corrosion resistance of dental alloys, can be addressed by the design of multifunctional POSS-containing materials. Because of the presence of silsesquioxanes, it is possible to obtain smart materials that allow the stimulation of phosphates deposition and repairing of micro-cracks in dental fillings. Hybrid composites result in materials exhibiting shape memory, as well as antibacterial, self-cleaning, and self-healing properties. Moreover, introducing POSS into polymer matrix allows for materials for bone reconstruction, and wound healing. This review covers the recent developments in the field of POSS application in dental materials and gives the future perspectives within a promising field of biomedical material science and chemical engineering. Full article
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Modification of Polymer Based Dentures on Biological Properties: Current Update, Status, and Findings
by Durratul Aqwa Mohd Farid, Nur A’fifah Husna Zahari, Zulfahmi Said, Mohd Ifwat Mohd Ghazali, Lee Hao-Ern, Syazwani Mohamad Zol, Sami Aldhuwayhi and Muhammad Syafiq Alauddin
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(18), 10426; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231810426 - 09 Sep 2022
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Polymers remain an integral part of denture fabrication materials, specifically polymethylmetacrylate (PMMA). PMMA has been extensively used, particularly in construction as a denture base material. Nonetheless, various challenges, including microbial threats in the form of candidiasis occurrence, still remain a biological challenge to [...] Read more.
Polymers remain an integral part of denture fabrication materials, specifically polymethylmetacrylate (PMMA). PMMA has been extensively used, particularly in construction as a denture base material. Nonetheless, various challenges, including microbial threats in the form of candidiasis occurrence, still remain a biological challenge to denture wearers. The present article comprehensively reviews the biomodifications introduced to denture components, in particular denture base material, to improve the overall biological properties, together with physical, mechanical, structural integrity, and optical properties. In addition, fundamental information specifically to PMMA as a conventional denture base material and the causative aetiological microbial agents for biological threat to dentures are explored. Full article
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