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  • Commentary
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,988 Views
5 Pages

4 June 2019

The human population throughout the world is aging rapidly, and will require the adoption of new modes of dental practice to address the special needs of this demographic. These are some of the reflections of my decade of providing mobile dentistry t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,773 Views
26 Pages

Emergence of Nano-Dentistry as a Reality of Contemporary Dentistry

  • Orest Kochan,
  • Svitlana Boitsaniuk,
  • Mariana Levkiv,
  • Krzysztof Przystupa,
  • Nadiia Manashchuk,
  • Khrystyna Pohoretska,
  • Natalia Chornij,
  • Iryna Tsvyntarna and
  • Liudmyla Patskan

15 February 2022

(1) Background. Nanotechnology offers significant alternative ways to solve scientific, medical, and human health issues. Dental biomaterials were improved by nanotechnology. It manufactures better materials or improves the existing ones and forms th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,081 Views
25 Pages

Biophotonics in Dentistry

  • Ehsaneh Daghigh Ahmadi,
  • Saudah Hafeji,
  • Zohaib Khurshid,
  • Eisha Imran,
  • Muhammad Sohail Zafar,
  • Morvarid Saeinasab and
  • Farshid Sefat

22 April 2022

The aim of this review paper is to concentrate on the use and application of photonics in dentistry. More than one hundred review and research articles were comprehensively analysed in terms of applications of photonics in dentistry, including surgic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
58 Citations
16,270 Views
19 Pages

15 November 2023

Dentistry is a branch of healthcare where nanobiotechnology is reverberating in multiple ways to produce beneficial outcomes. The purpose of this review is to bring into the awareness of the readers the various practical dimensions of the nano-dental...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
18,697 Views
86 Pages

The Concept of Sustainable Development of Modern Dentistry

  • Leszek A. Dobrzański,
  • Lech B. Dobrzański,
  • Anna D. Dobrzańska-Danikiewicz and
  • Joanna Dobrzańska

6 December 2020

This paper concerns the assessment of the current state of dentistry in the world and the prospects of its sustainable development. A traditional Chinese censer was adopted as the pattern, with a strong and stable support on three legs. The dominant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,708 Views
15 Pages

Revolutionary Dentistry through Blockchain Technology

  • Hossein Hassani,
  • Kimia Norouzi,
  • Alireza Ghodsi and
  • Xu Huang

Multitudinous health data are continually being produced as our activities, including medicine, evolve into the digital age where data plays a decisive role. Challenges come along as well, concerning the collection, secure storage, verification and s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,533 Views
8 Pages

Promising Scaffold-Free Approaches in Translational Dentistry

  • Marco Tatullo,
  • Benedetta Marrelli,
  • Francesca Palmieri,
  • Massimiliano Amantea,
  • Manuel Nuzzolese,
  • Rosa Valletta,
  • Barbara Zavan and
  • Danila De Vito

Regenerative medicine has recently improved the principal therapies in several medical fields. In the past ten years, the continuous search for novel approaches to treat the most common dental pathologies has developed a new branch called regenerativ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,146 Views
14 Pages

The Importance of Chitosan Coatings in Dentistry

  • Anna Paradowska-Stolarz,
  • Marcin Mikulewicz,
  • Joanna Laskowska,
  • Bożena Karolewicz and
  • Artur Owczarek

26 November 2023

A Chitosan is a copolymer of N-acetyl-D-glucose amine and D-glucose amine that can be easily produced. It is a polymer that is widely utilized to create nanoparticles (NPs) with specific properties for applications in a wide range of human activities...

  • Review
  • Open Access
55 Citations
10,437 Views
19 Pages

Advances of Proteomic Sciences in Dentistry

  • Zohaib Khurshid,
  • Sana Zohaib,
  • Shariq Najeeb,
  • Muhammad Sohail Zafar,
  • Rabia Rehman and
  • Ihtesham Ur Rehman

Applications of proteomics tools revolutionized various biomedical disciplines such as genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and dentistry. The aim of this review is to highlight the major milestones in proteomics in dentistry during the last fiftee...

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
13,146 Views
18 Pages

Clinical Applications of Nano-Hydroxyapatite in Dentistry

  • Rossana Izzetti,
  • Stefano Gennai,
  • Marco Nisi,
  • Francesco Gulia,
  • Marco Miceli and
  • Maria Rita Giuca

24 October 2022

Nano-hydroxyapatite (nano-HAp) is a biomaterial which is finding increasing application in dentistry due to its osteogenic properties and biocompatibility. The aim of the present study is to review the clinical applications of nano-HAp in dentistry....

  • Review
  • Open Access
84 Citations
13,032 Views
21 Pages

Nanomaterials for Tissue Engineering In Dentistry

  • Manila Chieruzzi,
  • Stefano Pagano,
  • Silvia Moretti,
  • Roberto Pinna,
  • Egle Milia,
  • Luigi Torre and
  • Stefano Eramo

The tissue engineering (TE) of dental oral tissue is facing significant changes in clinical treatments in dentistry. TE is based on a stem cell, signaling molecule, and scaffold triad that must be known and calibrated with attention to specific secto...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
13,797 Views
24 Pages

Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry: A Descriptive Review

  • Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni,
  • Mallika Sethi,
  • Dedeepya Punugoti,
  • Sunil Babu Kotha,
  • Zikra Alkhayal,
  • Sarah Mubaraki,
  • Fatmah Nasser Almotawah,
  • Sree Lalita Kotha,
  • Rishitha Sajja and
  • Srinivasulu Sakhamuri
  • + 2 authors

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an area of computer science that focuses on designing machines or systems that can perform operations that would typically need human intelligence. AI is a rapidly developing technology that has grabbed the interest of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,221 Views
15 Pages

Biopolymers Hybrid Particles Used in Dentistry

  • I-Hao Chen,
  • Tzer-Min Lee and
  • Chih-Ling Huang

22 March 2021

This literature review provides an overview of the fabrication and application of biopolymer hybrid particles in dentistry. A total of 95 articles have been included in this review. In the review paper, the common inorganic particles and biopolymers...

  • Review
  • Open Access
287 Citations
23,378 Views
24 Pages

Bioactive Glass Applications in Dentistry

  • Hans Erling Skallevold,
  • Dinesh Rokaya,
  • Zohaib Khurshid and
  • Muhammad Sohail Zafar

27 November 2019

At present, researchers in the field of biomaterials are focusing on the oral hard and soft tissue engineering with bioactive ingredients by activating body immune cells or different proteins of the body. By doing this natural ground substance, tissu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
11,594 Views
15 Pages

Robotics in Dentistry: A Narrative Review

  • Lipei Liu,
  • Megumi Watanabe and
  • Tetsuo Ichikawa

24 February 2023

Background: Robotics is progressing rapidly. The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive overview of the basic and applied research status of robotics in dentistry and discusses its development and application prospects in several major prof...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,643 Views
11 Pages

Teaching of Forensic Dentistry in Khartoum, Sudan

  • Sarah Hag Ali,
  • Ademir Franco,
  • Emilio Nuzzolese and
  • Scheila Mânica

4 February 2024

Background: Dental professionals assist with legal and criminal matters through the practice of forensic dentistry which has evolved over the past century and is now a crucial component of undergraduate dental education in many nations. The need for...

  • Review
  • Open Access
90 Citations
10,636 Views
15 Pages

Application of Copper Nanoparticles in Dentistry

  • Veena Wenqing Xu,
  • Mohammed Zahedul Islam Nizami,
  • Iris Xiaoxue Yin,
  • Ollie Yiru Yu,
  • Christie Ying Kei Lung and
  • Chun Hung Chu

27 February 2022

Nanoparticles based on metal and metallic oxides have become a novel trend for dental applications. Metal nanoparticles are commonly used in dentistry for their exclusive shape-dependent properties, including their variable nano-sizes and forms, uniq...

  • Review
  • Open Access
221 Citations
15,505 Views
15 Pages

15 March 2019

Oral cavity incessantly encounters a plethora of microorganisms. Plaque biofilm—a major cause of caries, periodontitis and other dental diseases—is a complex community of bacteria or fungi that causes infection by protecting pathogenic mi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,372 Views
13 Pages

Antibiotic Resistance in Dentistry: A Review

  • Mohammed Zahedul Islam Nizami,
  • Iris Xiaoxue Yin,
  • John Yun Niu,
  • Ollie Yiru Yu and
  • Chun Hung Chu

12 December 2025

Background: The widespread use of antibiotics in dentistry has become a significant driver of the global rise in antibiotic resistance, posing serious risks to both oral and overall health. Objectives: This study aims to review antibiotic use in dent...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,774 Views
11 Pages

Application of Ozone Therapy in Paediatric Dentistry

  • Maurizio D’Amario,
  • Mariachiara Di Carlo,
  • Salvatore Massimo Natale,
  • Lucia Memè,
  • Giuseppe Marzo,
  • Giorgio Matarazzo and
  • Mario Capogreco

2 November 2022

The therapeutic use of ozone has been suggested for a long time in general dentistry and paediatric dentistry for its antimicrobial, virucidal, disinfectant, and biocompatible properties. Ozone has also anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and immunostimula...

  • Review
  • Open Access
59 Citations
7,230 Views
15 Pages

Ultrasound Imaging in Dentistry: A Literature Overview

  • Rodolfo Reda,
  • Alessio Zanza,
  • Andrea Cicconetti,
  • Shilpa Bhandi,
  • Gabriele Miccoli,
  • Gianluca Gambarini and
  • Dario Di Nardo

14 November 2021

(1) Background: the frequency with which diagnostic tests are prescribed with exposure to ionizing radiation, a cause of biological damage, has been studied, and with much more attention, patients are subjected to these diagnostic tests for diagnosis...

  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
20,193 Views
15 Pages

Facial Scanners in Dentistry: An Overview

  • Jason D. Lee,
  • Olivia Nguyen,
  • Yu-Chun Lin,
  • Dianne Luu,
  • Susie Kim,
  • Ashley Amini and
  • Sang J. Lee

15 November 2022

Purpose: This narrative review aims to explore the current status of facial scanning technology in the dental field; outlining the history, mechanisms, and current evidence regarding its use and limitations within digital dentistry. Methods: Subtopic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,458 Views
20 Pages

Nanoparticles in Dentistry—Current Literature Review

  • Barbara Gronwald,
  • Lidia Kozłowska,
  • Karina Kijak,
  • Danuta Lietz-Kijak,
  • Piotr Skomro,
  • Krzysztof Gronwald and
  • Helena Gronwald

5 January 2023

Interest in the topic of nanoparticles (NPs) and nanomaterials used in dentistry is growing in research as well as clinical settings. In recent years, an increasing number of nanomaterials have been developed and tested, enabling novel solutions unav...

  • Review
  • Open Access
143 Citations
20,663 Views
10 Pages

Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry—Narrative Review

  • Agata Ossowska,
  • Aida Kusiak and
  • Dariusz Świetlik

Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more important in medicine and in dentistry. It can be helpful in many fields where the human may be assisted and helped by new technologies. Neural networks are a part of artificial intelligence, an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
20,071 Views
23 Pages

Nanocharacterization in Dentistry

  • Shivani Sharma,
  • Sarah E. Cross,
  • Carlin Hsueh,
  • Ruseen P. Wali,
  • Adam Z. Stieg and
  • James K. Gimzewski

17 June 2010

About 80% of US adults have some form of dental disease. There are a variety of new dental products available, ranging from implants to oral hygiene products that rely on nanoscale properties. Here, the application of AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
15,119 Views
7 Pages

Bacteriophages in Dentistry—State of the Art and Perspectives

  • Liviu Steier,
  • Silvia Dias De Oliveira and
  • José Antonio Poli De Figueiredo

9 January 2019

Bacteriophages, viruses capable of killing bacteria, were discovered in 1915, but the interest in their study has been limited since the advent of antibiotics. Their use in dentistry is still very limited. The authors reviewed studies about bacteriop...

  • Review
  • Open Access
75 Citations
12,628 Views
20 Pages

Digital Impressions in Implant Dentistry: A Literature Review

  • Simone Marques,
  • Paulo Ribeiro,
  • Carlos Falcão,
  • Bernardo Ferreira Lemos,
  • Blanca Ríos-Carrasco,
  • José Vicente Ríos-Santos and
  • Mariano Herrero-Climent

Introduction. Digital impressions in implant dentistry rely on many variables, and their accuracy, particularly in complete edentulous patients, is not well understood. Aim. The purpose of this literature review was to determine which factors may inf...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,436 Views
23 Pages

Advancing Dentistry through Bioprinting: Personalization of Oral Tissues

  • Dobromira Shopova,
  • Anna Mihaylova,
  • Antoniya Yaneva and
  • Desislava Bakova

20 October 2023

Despite significant advancements in dental tissue restoration and the use of prostheses for addressing tooth loss, the prevailing clinical approaches remain somewhat inadequate for replicating native dental tissue characteristics. The emergence of th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
19,789 Views
16 Pages

Ozone Therapy in Medicine and Dentistry: A Review of the Literature

  • Omar A. El Meligy,
  • Noha M. Elemam and
  • Iman M. Talaat

7 August 2023

Ozone has been successfully used in medicine for over 100 years due to its microbiological qualities. Its powerful oxidation impact, which results in the production of free radicals, and its ability to cause the direct death of nearly all microorgani...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,393 Views
20 Pages

16 January 2025

Objectives: The objective of this narrative literature review was to highlight all dental procedures attributable to sectoral waste and to consider possible alternatives in line with the concept of sustainable development. Methods: An extensive searc...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,573 Views
12 Pages

Targeted Genetic Education in Dentistry in the Era of Genomics

  • Farah Asa’ad,
  • Anne Nørremølle,
  • Qalbi Khan,
  • Lena Larsson,
  • Niels Tommerup,
  • Nuno Vibe Hermann and
  • Asli Silahtaroglu

22 November 2024

Background: The growing body of knowledge on the human genome and its variants points towards the significance of genetic factors in oral health and disease. Since the dental curricula have historically prioritized clinically oriented subjects, this...

  • Review
  • Open Access
58 Citations
16,472 Views
31 Pages

Antibiotics in Dentistry: A Narrative Review of the Evidence beyond the Myth

  • Maria Contaldo,
  • Francesco D’Ambrosio,
  • Giuseppe A. Ferraro,
  • Dario Di Stasio,
  • Maria Pia Di Palo,
  • Rosario Serpico and
  • Michele Simeone

Antibiotics have undoubtedly revolutionized medicine and the health and survival of patients with life-threatening infections, being nonetheless free from potential adverse effects, and the risk of intestinal dysbiosis, antimicrobial resistance, and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,461 Views
13 Pages

Multidisciplinary Applications of AI in Dentistry: Bibliometric Review

  • Hela Allani,
  • Ana Teresa Santos and
  • Honorato Ribeiro-Vidal

28 August 2024

This review explores the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in dentistry, reflecting on its potential to reshape traditional practices and meet the increasing demands for high-quality dental care. The aim of this research is to examine how AI has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
11,008 Views
14 Pages

Shaping the Future of Smart Dentistry: From Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Intelligence Augmentation (IA)

  • Hossein Hassani,
  • Pedram Amiri Andi,
  • Alireza Ghodsi,
  • Kimia Norouzi,
  • Nadejda Komendantova and
  • Stephan Unger

30 August 2021

Digitization is the emerging process in the current transformation of industry. Understanding the role and socio-economic consequences of digitalization is crucial for the way technology is being deployed in each sector. One of the affected sectors i...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,855 Views
17 Pages

Nanotechnology and Its Application in Dentistry: A Systematic Review of Recent Advances and Innovations

  • Gianna Dipalma,
  • Alessio Danilo Inchingolo,
  • Mariafrancesca Guglielmo,
  • Roberta Morolla,
  • Irene Palumbo,
  • Lilla Riccaldo,
  • Antonio Mancini,
  • Andrea Palermo,
  • Giuseppina Malcangi and
  • Francesco Inchingolo
  • + 1 author

5 September 2024

Background: This study looks at the clinical applications of nanotechnology in dentistry, with an emphasis on implantology, preventive care, orthodontics, restorative dentistry, and endodontics. Methods: Following PRISMA criteria and registered in PR...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,120 Views
12 Pages

A 3D Model of the Jaw Applied to Paediatric Dentistry

  • Begoña Gómez Legorburu,
  • Alberto Adanero Velasco,
  • José Ramón Mérida Velasco and
  • Paloma Planells del Pozo

As education and knowledge are adapted to new education systems, as per the Bologna Plan, new technologies are required for educational support. In dentistry, the creation of virtual simulators can advance understanding in areas like anatomy. With th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,433 Views
16 Pages

Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), a second-generation platelet concentrate, has been widely recognized in numerous studies for its performance of wound healing and regeneration in dentistry. However, bibliometric analysis of PRF in dentistry is still scarc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
124 Citations
17,781 Views
18 Pages

21 May 2020

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has become a real challenge for healthcare providers around the world and has significantly affected the dental professionals in practices, universities and research institutions. The aim of this article was...

  • Review
  • Open Access
95 Citations
19,751 Views
15 Pages

Materials and Applications of 3D Printing Technology in Dentistry: An Overview

  • Min Jeong,
  • Kyle Radomski,
  • Diana Lopez,
  • Jack T. Liu,
  • Jason D. Lee and
  • Sang J. Lee

19 December 2023

Purpose. This narrative review aims to provide an overview of the mechanisms of 3D printing, the dental materials relevant to each mechanism, and the possible applications of these materials within different areas of dentistry. Methods. Subtopics wit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
149 Citations
25,093 Views
42 Pages

Biomimetic Aspects of Restorative Dentistry Biomaterials

  • Muhammad Sohail Zafar,
  • Faiza Amin,
  • Muhmmad Amber Fareed,
  • Hani Ghabbani,
  • Samiya Riaz,
  • Zohaib Khurshid and
  • Naresh Kumar

Biomimetic has emerged as a multi-disciplinary science in several biomedical subjects in recent decades, including biomaterials and dentistry. In restorative dentistry, biomimetic approaches have been applied for a range of applications, such as rest...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,962 Views
21 Pages

Applications of Bioactive Strontium Compounds in Dentistry

  • Mohamed Mahmoud Abdalla,
  • Osama Sayed,
  • Christie Ying Kei Lung,
  • Vidhyashree Rajasekar and
  • Cynthia Kar Yung Yiu

Divalent cations have captured the interest of researchers in biomedical and dental fields due to their beneficial effects on bone formation. These metallic elements are similar to trace elements found in human bone. Strontium is a divalent cation co...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,844 Views
4 Pages

10 December 2019

The history of dentistry, of course, has followed a constant development since the dawn of society. The dental profession, reserved in ancient times to people with special skills and high rank, after the Middle Ages was diminished and practiced by ba...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,016 Views
15 Pages

Tribology and Dentistry: A Commentary

  • Antonio Lanza,
  • Alessandro Ruggiero and
  • Ludovico Sbordone

Since 1966 the term “tribology” has integrated different topics like friction, lubrication and wear. After a few years, interest in this type of phenomena rapidly spread out around the world of biology and medicine, determining a new rese...

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