Functionalized Dental Materials for Synergy in Mechanical, Aesthetic, and Microbiological Behavior
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Dental Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 January 2024) | Viewed by 14570
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structure–property relationship in dental materials; characterization of materials; strategies for simplified restorative concepts; novel monomer; filler systems for dental materials
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Interests: surface characterization of materials; mutual interactions of dental materials with oral biofilms; bioreactors for in vitro oral biofilm formation; bioactive materials for secondary caries prevention; hard tissue remineralization
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Dear Colleagues,
Modern dental restorative materials strive to efficiently replace the tooth substance in terms of mechanical, esthetic, and microbiological behavior. These properties have historically been tailored in dental materials through chemical and microstructural modifications, often privileging some properties at the expense of others. In fact, due to its peculiarities, the oral environment is one of Earth’s most demanding places for any material. For this reason, oral biomaterials must possess excellent all-round properties to interact positively with the host and the biofilm that permanently colonizes it while maintaining such properties over time. The functionalization of well-known and clinically proven compounds is a possible answer provided by experimental biomaterials in recent years to simultaneously enable high compatibility with living tissue, imperceptible esthetic differences to tooth substance and necessary technical function, even after years of service.
Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on original research papers and comprehensive reviews dealing with recent developments in dental biomaterials that include the functionalization of fillers, monomers, powders, surfaces, or microstructural modifications aiming to enhance their interaction with the environment as well as mechanical function and esthetics.
Prof. Dr. Nicoleta Ilie
Prof. Dr. Andrei Cristian Ionescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- resin composites
- ceramics
- functionalized monomers
- functionalized fillers
- oral biofilms
- microbial adherence
- biofilm formation
- bioactivity
- controlled release
- toxicity
- surface texturing
- surface characterization
- surface functionalization
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