Antipathogenic Effects and Their Molecular Imaging in Dental and Orthopedic Research
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2021) | Viewed by 3614
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; dental medicine; bio-imaging
Interests: bioceramics; Raman spectroscopy and imaging; orthopedic and dental medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomaterials for dentures, dental implants, artificial joints, cements, etc., used in dentistry and orthopedics should allow recovery of basic functions, be resistant to infections from a variety of pathogens (including bacteria and fungi), and demonstrate benign interactions with human cells.
The latest generation of molecular imaging techniques (fluorescence imaging, positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomography, Raman imaging, etc.) enables researchers to visualize the location of the infection and to scrutinize the metabolism of pathogens (including viruses, parasites, bacteria, and fungi) in their interaction with biomaterials. Such microscopic insights are key to understanding the molecular mechanisms of infection and defense.
This Special Issue welcomes research on new antibacterial materials and molecular imaging that visualizes the molecular mechanisms of infection in dental and orthopedic research.
Dr. Tetsuya Adachi
Prof. Giuseppe Pezzotti
Prof. Koichi Makimura
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antipathogenic materials
- molecular imaging
- antimicrobial resistance
- antiviral resistance
- antibacterial activity
- antifungal activity
- disinfectants
- dental materials
- orthopedic materials