Dental Polymer Materials: Preparation and Clinical Application
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 September 2023) | Viewed by 3301
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few decades, dentistry has seen applications and the development of various natural and synthetic polymers. These range from traditional restorative materials to bioactive scaffolds that help to regenerate tissues due to disease and/or trauma. More recently, additive manufacturing and CAD-CAM technology has made clinical applications of these polymers not only user-friendly but rapid as well. Polymeric dental implants may be modified to possess antibacterial and/or bioactive properties which may improve integration with hard and soft tissues. Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue (titled ‘Dental Polymeric Materials: Preparation and Clinical Applications’) is to encourage the submission of original articles (in vitro (laboratory), in vivo (animal studies) and clinical studies) that focus not only the pre-clinical manufacturing, testing, and evaluation of these polymers, but also their clinical applications. Comprehensive narrative reviews and systematic reviews are also encouraged.
Dr. Shariq Najeeb
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dental polymers
- 2D/3D manufacturing
- dental implants
- restorative dentistry
- periodontal regeneration
- guided tissue regeneration
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