Advanced Biomaterials and Oral Implantology—3rd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Dental Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 2135
Special Issue Editors
Interests: oral rehabilitation; biomaterials; periodontitis; implant dentistry
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2. Department of Reconstructive Dentistry and Gerodontology, Division of Gerodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Interests: oral rehabilitation; implant dentistry; oral function; oral surgery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of oral biomaterials has come a long way since Brånemark introduced titanium dental implants and since the concept of biocompatibility first emerged. As for today, a repertoire of customized biomaterials meet the demands of millions of patients worldwide for both prosthetics and regenerative tissue engineering. Dental implantology and alloplastic bone reconstruction rely on varied substrate materials, along with different designs at the macro- level and sophisticated and fine-tuned surface modifications or biochemical functionalizations, to meet the requirements of their specific fields of application. In many cases, there are no alternatives to biomaterial-based oral implants that can produce the same level of long-term functionality.
However, oral implants perform in a complex environment that—besides mechanical stability and esthetics—involves biological interaction with hard and soft tissues, the immune system and the oral microbiome. While progress has been made in the fields of material sciences, surface biofunctionalization, manufacturing processes, and medical understanding of the involved processes in recent years, many oral implants still exhibit impaired (bone and periodontal) healing or fail in the long run, either due to mechanic failure, deficient tissue integration, or peri-implant diseases.
This Special Issue, entitled “Advanced Biomaterials and Oral Implantology—3rd Edition”, will introduce studies that reflect progress in nanobiomaterials, polymers, drug release and surface functionalization, as well as cover hot topics within the clinical workflow such as immediate implant placement, immediate restoration and the digital workflow.
The main topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advances in substrate materials, e.g., metal, bioceramics, polymers, and composites;
- Macro-/micro-implant surface modifications;
- Surface functionalization (e.g., drug release, hormones, immobilized antibacterial agents, antimicrobial peptides);
- Degradable and non-degradable alloplastic bone substitute biomaterials (biomaterial scaffolds, oral tissue engineering and bone regeneration);
- Loaded bioscaffolds (and implant regenerative medicine/in bone reconstruction/regeneration);
- Individualized/customized implant fabrication/reconstruction (CAD/CAM) including 3D printing;
- Clinical workflow: immediate implant placement, immediate loading/restoration, digital workflow, and bone management.
Dr. Dominik Kraus
Prof. Dr. Norbert Enkling
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oral implants
- implant surface modifications
- surface functionalization
- biomaterials
- clinical workflow
- bone regeneration
- soft tissue integration
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