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Chitosan in Dentistry

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Chitin in Nature and Technology

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While the proposed uses of chitosan in medicine are numerous (1 – 7), no applications in dentistry have been reported so far. This might be due to the characteristics of the oral cavity, where various bacteria are constantly present and where lysozyme, a chitin degrading enzyme, occurs in the salivary secretion.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Ancona, I-60100, Ancona, Italy

    P. L. Sapelli, V. Baldassarre, R. A. A. Muzzarelli & M. Emanuelli

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  1. University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy

    Riccardo Muzzarelli

  2. University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

    Charles Jeuniaux

  3. University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

    Graham W. Gooday

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Sapelli, P.L., Baldassarre, V., Muzzarelli, R.A.A., Emanuelli, M. (1986). Chitosan in Dentistry. In: Muzzarelli, R., Jeuniaux, C., Gooday, G.W. (eds) Chitin in Nature and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2167-5_60

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