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Advanced Biotechnologies and Clinical Developments in Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 5011

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Prof. Dr. Christian Ralf Gernhardt

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University Outpatient Clinic for Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, 06112 Halle, Germany
Interests: restorative dentistry; dental; operative dentistry; aesthetic dentistry; endodontics
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Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, various materials have been used in dental practice. Both in dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery, they play a decisive role in the success of the treatment. In practice, certain trends have become established and well accepted in their application. In order to improve the quality of treatments and to avoid serious side effects, knowledge is needed about the application of new technologies, the short- and long-term interactions of them with oral tissues, and their biological effects. For this reason, in recent years, these materials have been scientifically investigated in numerous in vitro and in vivo studies and have had an impact on clinical treatments.

This Special Issue reviews some recent significant innovations applied in major branches of dentistry such as conservative dentistry, prosthodontics, oral surgery, and oral and maxillofacial surgery.

An excerpt of possible topics is listed below and can be added to:

  • Recent developments in dental and surgical technologies;
  • Actual developments in digital dentistry;
  • Advanced Biotechnologies in the treatment of cervical dentinhypersensitivity;
  • Advanced Biotechnologies in endodontics;
  • Advanced Biotechnologiesand clinical results using adhesive materials in dentistry;
  • The influence of tumor therapeutic radiotherapy in the head/neck region on dental materials and oral tissues.

It is, therefore, my pleasure to invite you to submit research on these topics in the form of original papers, reviews or clinically useful diagnostic approaches.

Prof. Dr. Christian Ralf Gernhardt
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • adhesive omaterials
  • clinical outcome
  • endodontics
  • oral surgery
  • prosthetics
  • implantology
  • bone regeneration
  • pain
  • dentin hypersensitivity

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Evaluation of Alterations That May Occur on Root Surfaces after Root Planing Procedures with a Scanning Electron Microscope
by Canan Aslan İğrek and Ali Çekici
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(10), 4172; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14104172 - 14 May 2024
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Background: The aim of root debridement procedures in non-surgical periodontal treatment is the elimination of etiologic factors that cause periodontal disease, as well as the removal of cement affected by the disease. However, root debridement procedures for the treatment of periodontal diseases produce [...] Read more.
Background: The aim of root debridement procedures in non-surgical periodontal treatment is the elimination of etiologic factors that cause periodontal disease, as well as the removal of cement affected by the disease. However, root debridement procedures for the treatment of periodontal diseases produce root surface irregularities that can adversely affect the healing of periodontal tissues. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the surface texture of a root after instrumentation, including an ultrasonic instrument, a Gracey curette, or a double Gracey curette. Methods: A total of 26 single-rooted teeth were used in this study; two specimens were used as controls, and the remaining 24 specimens were equally divided into three groups. Specimens from each group were then subjected to root planing using one of the following instruments: (1) an ultrasonic instrument; (2) a Gracey curette; or (3) a double Gracey curette. The control group was treated with no instrumentation. The extracted teeth were analyzed under a scanning electron microscope and graded in terms of the “roughness and loss of tooth substance index” and the “exposed dentin tubule index.” The SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) V.21 program was used to conduct a statistical analysis of the data obtained in this study. While evaluating the data, in addition to descriptive statistical methods (mean and standard deviation), a one-way analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) was carried out to compare the quantitative data and evaluate normally distributed parameters between groups, while a post hoc multiple comparison test was carried out for subgroup comparisons. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the roughness and material loss on the root surfaces in the samples treated with the ultrasonic instrument or the Gracey curette, and no exposed dentine tubules were observed. Meanwhile, it was observed that the double Gracey curette caused more roughness and material loss on the root surface, and exposed dentine tubules were observed in some samples. The time required for treatment using a double Gracey curette was significantly shorter than that required with the Gracey curette and ultrasonic instruments. Conclusions: The double Gracey curettes produced a relatively rougher root surface than the Gracey curettes or the ultrasonic instrument. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Biotechnologies and Clinical Developments in Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)
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Evaluation of the Effect of Polybutester and Polypropylene Sutures on Complications after Impacted Lower Third Molar Surgery
by Zeynep Dilan Orhan and Levent Ciğerim
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(4), 1448; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14041448 - 9 Feb 2024
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Complications that can occur in the postoperative period of impacted lower third molar extraction are factors that have an impact on the daily routine of patients. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of polybutester and polypropylene sutures on postoperative complications after impacted [...] Read more.
Complications that can occur in the postoperative period of impacted lower third molar extraction are factors that have an impact on the daily routine of patients. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of polybutester and polypropylene sutures on postoperative complications after impacted lower third molar surgery. Two different suture materials were used in the 35 patients with bilateral impacted lower third molars included in the study: polybutester sutures in group 1 and polypropylene sutures in group 2. Measurements were taken to evaluate swelling and trismus before surgery and on the 2nd and 7th days after surgery, and pain was evaluated using a visual analogue scale (VAS), which patients were asked to complete after surgery. Wound healing, suture-related injury and suture-related discomfort in patients were also evaluated. The pain and suture-related discomfort felt on the side where the polybutester suture was used was less on the second postoperative day than on the side where the polypropylene suture was used. These results support the use of polybutester sutures in impacted third molar surgery. Full article
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Impact of Preceded Tumor Therapeutic Irradiation on the Microtensile Bond Strength of Universal Adhesives Applied in Self-Etch Mode to Human Dentin In Vitro
by Sina Broscheit, Dirk Vordermark, Reinhard Gerlach and Christian Ralf Gernhardt
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(13), 7873; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137873 - 4 Jul 2023
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of preceded tumor therapeutic irradiation on the tensile bond strength of three modern universal adhesives applied in self-etch mode on dentin. Specimens prepared from 135 extracted human third molars were divided into three [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of preceded tumor therapeutic irradiation on the tensile bond strength of three modern universal adhesives applied in self-etch mode on dentin. Specimens prepared from 135 extracted human third molars were divided into three superior groups. These received either no radiation, 5 Gy, or a total dose of 60 Gy in vitro irradiation, fractionally applied. The samples of each group were further randomly assigned to six subgroups to test three adhesives (Futurabond® U, Voco; AdheSE® Universal Ivoclar Vivadent; Xeno® Select, Dentsply Sirona) in the self-etch application mode (n = 15). Tensile bond strength was determined using a universal testing machine (1.0 mm/min). Data were analyzed with ANOVA (p < 0.01) and Tukey’s test (p < 0.05). The influence of irradiation on the microtensile bond strength of the used dentin adhesives proved to be significant. For each material, a decrease in adhesion value was registered after irradiation. However, only for the material Xeno® Select were significantly reduced adhesion values determined after irradiation with 60 Gy compared to 0 Gy. Within the limitations of an in vitro study, some effects of tumor therapeutic irradiation of human dentin on the tensile bond strength of universal adhesives used in self-etch mode could be observed. Those decreases were only partly significant, depending on the material and the radiation dose. Whether the tensile bond strength on irradiated dentin depends on the particular application mode (etch-and-rinse vs. self-etch) of the universal adhesives remains to be investigated. Full article
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