Materials and Biomaterials in Conventional and Innovative Applications in Dentistry, Otolaryngology and Maxillo-Facial Surgeries

Dear Colleagues,

The evident interdisciplinary aspects of cranial-facial and oral diseases have received interest across several disciplines with the therapeutic strategies managed and operated by several medical specialties such as dentistry, otolaryngology and maxillo-facial surgery. The basic idea is to address and comprehensively cover the new techniques and developments for integrating and innovating ideas in materials and biomaterials applications for the head and neck. The main purpose is to pay special attention to the innovation of materials and digital technologies, which can improve the conditions of patients and/or the therapeutic activities of the clinicians. Therefore, this Special Issue involves many specific topics such as: materials, biomaterials and techniques for aesthetic dentistry and facial surgery; computer-guided surgery; dentoalveolar surgery for hard and soft tissues; implant dentistry; tissue engineering with innovative materials with or without stem cells; ear–nose–throat surgery; reconstructive surgery after trauma. In regenerative medicine, the innovative surgical approach often associated with engineered materials, allowing customized therapeutic modalities, is able to provide the microenvironment of the human organism with the necessary elements for a true tissue regeneration. On the other end, both the materials used for prosthetic treatments and the modern laboratory technologies used to manufacture them necessitate standardization and clinical validation of the results. The forthcoming Special Issue of Materials aims to investigate these attractive fields of research. It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute a research article, a communication, a review or a case report for this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Tonino Traini
Guest Editor

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