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Nanodentistry: A Paradigm Shift-from Fiction to Reality

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The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society

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Nanodentistry is an emerging field with significant potential to yield new generation of technologically advanced clinical tools and devices for oral healthcare. Nanoscale topology and quantitative biomechanical or biophysical analysis of dental surfaces are of significant interest. In particular, using Atomic force microscopy techniques—diseases such as dental caries, tooth hypersensitivity, and oral cancer can be quantified based on morphological, biophysical and biochemical nanoscale properties of tooth surface itself and dental materials or oral fluids such as saliva. An outlook on future “nanodentistry” developments such as saliva exosomes based diagnostics, designing biocompatible, antimicrobial dental implants and personalized dental healthcare is presented. This article examines current applications of nanotechnology alongside proposed applications in the future and aims to demonstrate that, as well as a good deal of science fiction, there is some tangible science fact emerging from this novel multidisciplinary science.

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  1. Department of Prosthodontics, The Oxford Dental College & Hospital, Bangalore, India

    Preeti Satheesh Kumar, Satheesh Kumar, Ravindra C. Savadi & Jins John

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Kumar, P.S., Kumar, S., Savadi, R.C. et al. Nanodentistry: A Paradigm Shift-from Fiction to Reality. J Indian Prosthodont Soc 11, 1–6 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13191-011-0062-0

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