Novel Dental Materials: Recent Developments, Advances, and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Conventional dental materials have, for a long time, been utilized with the principle of ‘adopt, adapt, and improve’ and sometimes are even made up of personal recipes of individual clinicians. In recent years, almost all fields of dentistry have utilized novel materials in order to tackle technical and biological issues, improve clinical outcomes, and facilitate clinical procedures for patients as well as practitioners. Thanks to digital technology in the dental industry, various new materials have been developed in each field of dentistry: endodontics, prosthetics and restoration, periodontics, and orthodontics. For instance, the evolution and exponential diffusion of digital technologies has allowed the development of special materials to be used for CAD/CAM systems.

With the help of recent advances in nanotechnology, numerous next-generation materials have emerged on the dental material market. These novel materials have demonstrated several merits, for example, boosting the interaction of organic/inorganic constituents at the molecular level; allowing the incorporation of the material in the living tooth structure complex; and permitting the implantation and replacement of biomaterials. On the other hand, they have also raised several questions regarding the safety of clinical applications, clinical outcomes, side effects, etc. As often happens, numerous claims and challenges have not been accompanied with valid scientific research, and consequently the field requires clinically relevant investigation.

This Special Issue aims to highlight recent solutions and perspectives regarding problems with the materials used in dentistry, and provide wide-ranging knowledge related to the current trends in the field. It comprises clinical investigations, original research articles, and literature reviews focused on the latest advances and prospects of dental materials concerning all fields of dentistry.

Dr. Sepanta Hosseinpour
Prof. Dr. Laurence J Walsh
Dr. Chun Xu
Guest Editors

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