Biostable, antidegradative and antimicrobial restorative systems based on host-biomaterials and microbial interactions

The oral cavity is a complex environment and presents many unique challenges for dental restorative materials. Traditionally, modern resin tooth-coloured restoratives have been rightfully designed with a focus on their mechanical and aesthetic properties while remaining easy for practitioners to place. In the meantime, research has uncovered a growing number of factors within the oral cavity that degrade and compromise these restorations, limiting their service life. This increasing understanding of the nature of the challenges presented to dental restorations has allowed the development of a number of materials adapted to this environment, with the aim of producing dental restorations that function as close as possible to natural teeth for the patient ’s lifetime.
Source: Dental Materials - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research