Application of Nanotechnology in Orthodontic Materials: A State-of-the-Art Review.

Alberto De Stefani,Antonio Gracco,Giovanni Bruno,Giorgia Preo

doi:10.3390/dj8040126

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Journal: Dentistry journal	Publication Date: Nov 9, 2020
Citations: 15	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Padua

Abstract

Nanotechnology refers to the science that manipulates matter at molecular and atomic levels, and studies matter at the nanoscale level to detect and exploit the useful properties that derive from these dimensions; materials with components less than 100 nm in at least one dimension are called nanomaterials. Nanotechnology is applied in many fields, such as medicine (nanomedicine) and dentistry (nano-dentistry). The purpose of these innovations and research in this field is to improve human life and health. This article aims to summarize and describe what the most recent and known innovations of nanotechnology in dentistry are, focusing on and paying particular attention to the branch that is orthodontics, and on the application of new nanomaterials in the realization, for example, of orthodontic elastomeric ligatures, orthodontic power chains, and orthodontic miniscrews. We also address a very important topic in orthodontics, which is how to reduce the friction force.

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Nanotechnology is the science that manipulates matter at molecular and atomic levels.Different fields of application have been considered by researchers to detect and exploit the useful properties that derive from components at the nanoscale level
We address a very important topic in orthodontics, which is how to reduce the friction force
The recent positive results must be a stimulus for future research, in particular, regarding the field of orthodontics

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Nanotechnology is the science that manipulates matter at molecular and atomic levels. Different fields of application have been considered by researchers to detect and exploit the useful properties that derive from components at the nanoscale level. Taniguchi in 1974 at the Tokyo Science University [1]. Materials with components smaller than 100 nm in at least one dimension are called nanomaterials. These components may include grains, fibers, clusters, nanoholes or a combination of these forms

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