Experimental Dental Research—New Concepts for Future Patient Needs
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 44023
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomechanics of dental implants; strategies for disinfection; attachment systems for removable dental prostheses
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Dear Colleagues,
In many dental subspecialties, high levels of success and predictability have been reached, enabling clinicians to provide adequate treatment in the vast majority of cases. The current literature seems to strongly focus on clinical reports comparing different treatment options for our current patient population. In many instances, the already high levels of success can hardly be improved and sometimes the questions arises whether or not a relevant question exists as a basis for such studies. Not to be misunderstood—there can be no doubt that clinical data is highly relevant for us as treatment providers, for our patients and for quality assurance.
On the opposite side, for experimental research in the preclinical stage and also for novel ideas which might result in new treatment strategies in the future, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get published. For advancing the art and science of dentistry, such studies—if following sound scientific principles—may be considered as being of greater value as compared to clinical studies applying concepts and products which are already available today.
This Special Issue intends to provide room for new concepts, new ideas, and new products which will help to address the future needs of our patients.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Karl
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- preclinical research
- new concepts
- operative dentistry
- prosthodontics
- oral surgery
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