Emergence of Nano-Dentistry as a Reality of Contemporary Dentistry

Natalia Chornij,Iryna Tsvyntarna,Orest Kochan,Mariana Levkiv,Khrystyna Pohoretska,Svitlana Boitsaniuk,Nadiia Manashchuk,Krzysztof Przystupa,Liudmyla Patskan

doi:10.3390/app12042008

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https://doi.org/10.3390/app12042008

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(1) Background. Nanotechnology offers significant alternative ways to solve scientific, medical, and human health issues. Dental biomaterials were improved by nanotechnology. It manufactures better materials or improves the existing ones and forms the basis of novel methods for disease diagnosis and prevention. Modern nanotechnology makes oral health care services more acceptable for patients. Nanotechnology is now important area of research, covering a broad range of applications in dentistry. (2) Methods. Relevant literature from Scopus published in English was selected using the keywords “nanoparticle” and “dentistry”. To the selected articles we applied the inclusion and exclusion criteria to choose the relevant ones. (3) Results. Based on the relevant articles, a literature review was prepared. This review provides an insight into the applications of nanotechnology in various branches of dentistry. We applied several regression models to fit number of papers versus time and chose the best one. We used it to construct the forecast and its 95%-confidence interval for the number of publications in 2022–2026. (4) Conclusions. It shows that a significant rise in papers is expected. This review familiarizes dentists with properties and benefits of nanomaterials and nanotechnology. Additionally, it can help scientists to consider the direction of their research and to plan prospective research projects.

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The inclusion criteria are as follows: (i) use of existing commercial materials or their modifications in dental praxis; (ii) use of nanoparticles in various branches of dentistry; (iii) full text journal articles indexed in Scopus written in English; (iv) books and book chapters written in English; (v) scientific works published in 2016 and later; (vi) books and book chapters of highly rated publishers (Wiley, Elsevier and Springer) which appear in the references of the materials which meet our criteria but are not indexed in Scopus
The obtained data show us that we should expect a significant increase in the number of publications
There were papers found in Pubmed that fit our search, but we limited our scope to 222 papers indexed in Scopus and books or book chapters published by high-ranking publishers such as Springer, Wiley and sons, and Elsevier with affiliated publishers (Woodhead publishing and William Andrew are part of Elsevier) because they ensure quality peer-review of their scientific publications

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We applied several regression models to fit number of papers versus time and chose the best one. We used it to construct the forecast and its. In 1959, Richard Feynman published his lecture entitled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”, in which he substantiated the basic principles of the use of nanotechnology in medicine. Materials with a size of less than 100 nm in at least one dimension are considered nanomaterials [3] They may include grains, fibers, clusters, nanoholes, or their combination

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