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Advances in Medical Material and Its Application

A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Life Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2022) | Viewed by 2119

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Bruna Sinjari

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Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, University “G.d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Interests: dental materials; biomaterials; prosthodontics; implantology; regenerative dentistry
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Dr. Gianmaria D’Addazio

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Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Interests: digital dentistry; oral surgery; dental implant
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

A wide range of materials are employed today in all fields of dentistry, from regenerative surgery to implantology to prosthodontics. To date, digitization processes have allowed the introduction of new technologies and materials in all fields of application. CAD/CAM technologies, different production processes, and image acquisition technologies are widely studied today. These changes will make it possible to reduce the use of materials currently used, also with a view to environmental sustainability. At the same time, in the fields of computer science and methods, they will allow pre-visualization in a virtual way and, thanks to computer graphics, working safely and with ever greater predictability.

This Special Issue fully embraces the objectives set by Symmetry, aiming to collect innovative proposals, clinical studies, and in vivo and in vitro studies that can range in the specific study areas of symmetry. The intrinsic study of dental materials and their behavior, as well as the physicochemical laws that characterize their mechanical and biocompatibility properties, can also be the subject of studies. Manuscripts regarding physics and chemistry of materials, biology, sustainability, computer science, and engineering will be an excellent starting point for the continuous development and extremely rapid advancement of technologies continually open new opportunities in dentistry.

This Special Issue is intended to give readers the opportunity to learn about new technologies and strategies to improve their clinical practices on evidence-based dentistry.

On behalf of Symmetry, you are called to provide an article to this Special Issue on “Advances in Medical Material and Its Application”. Research articles and reviews are welcome. Case reports will also be considered for publication.

Prof. Dr. Bruna Sinjari
Dr. Gianmaria D’Addazio
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Symmetry is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • CAD/CAM technology
  • dental materials
  • dental implants
  • sustainability
  • biomaterials
  • prosthodontics
  • digital technology
  • implant dentistry
  • translational research
  • oral surgery

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Electromyographic Activity of Masticatory Muscles in Subjects with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Case—Control Study
by Francesco Caroccia, Ludovica Passanello, Rossana Pipitone, Francesco Moscagiuri, Paolo Asperio, Alessandra Lucchese, Luciana Breda and Michele D’Attilio
Symmetry 2022, 14(5), 962; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14050962 - 9 May 2022
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) on the activity of masticatory muscles using surface electromyography (sEMG). Forty-one JIA subjects (ten males, thirty-one females; average age 13 years ± 3) and thirty-two healthy control subjects [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) on the activity of masticatory muscles using surface electromyography (sEMG). Forty-one JIA subjects (ten males, thirty-one females; average age 13 years ± 3) and thirty-two healthy control subjects (twenty-seven females, five males; average age 14 years ± 2) were recruited. sEMG of anterior temporalis (TA), masseter (MM), and sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscles was performed by using the occlusal contact analyzer software called Teethan (BTS S.p.A., Garbagnate Milanese, Milan, Italy). Comparisons between groups were assessed with unpaired t-tests for non-normally distributed data and with Mann–Whitney U tests for normally distributed parameters. The JIA group showed a significant increased percentage overlapping coefficient of TA (POC TA) (p = 0.01) and impact index (IMP) (p = 0.003). No significant differences were observed for the POC MM, POC SCM, percentage overlapping coefficient between posterior and anterior teeth contact (BAR), the torsion index (TORS), and the asymmetry index (ASIM). Masticatory muscles seemed to be slightly affected by JIA. sEMG could be an effective aid in the early clinical detection of TMJ involvement in JIA. Further research is needed to confirm its validity. Full article
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