Advanced Biomaterials and Biotechnology: Applications in Dental Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

Biotechnology aims at the application of biological knowledge and techniques to enhance human health. From a health care perspective, a biomaterial is defined as a natural or synthetic material that can be placed into living tissues without developing an immune reaction.

Biomaterials and biotechnologies applications in dentistry are currently on an upward trend, and are leading dental research. As dentistry implies rehabilitation of damaged tissues and function restoration, tissue engineering applications in dentistry have advanced over the last years, in order to re-create functional, healthy tissues, and thus replace diseased ones. Dental biomaterials play an important role in the reconstruction of damaged oral hard and soft tissues, encompassing the fields of periodontology, endodontics, oral surgery, and ultimately attempting the replacement of the whole tooth organ. Biomaterials have evolved from simply replacing the damaged tissue, to allowing the 3D development of a structurally complex regenerated tissue. The development of biotechnologies applications in dentistry has achieved its goal regarding the implementation of biomaterials in order to replace oral tissue, including various novel approaches such as biomimetics and nano-biotechnology.

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an updated outlook on the applications of advanced biomaterials and biotechnologies in dentistry and represents a good opportunity for researchers and scholars worldwide to disseminate different aspects of their work and report the results related to this topic. Research articles, reviews, and communications are equally invited for this Special Issue. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced biomaterials for dental applications;
• Biotechnology applications in dental medicine;
• Role of scaffolds in dental tissue regeneration;
• Polymers applications in regenerative medicine;
• Current applications of 3D bioprinting in dentistry;
• Future perspectives of 4D bioprinting in dentistry.

Prof. Dr. Lavinia Cosmina Ardelean
Prof. Dr. Laura-Cristina Rusu
Guest Editors

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