Nanotechnology: Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics

Nanotechnology: Its Role in Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics

Nanotechnology has been creating its niche in various aspects of dentistry and restorative dentistry and endodontics are no exceptions [1,2]. Nanotechnology deals with nanostructures, which may assume the form of surface nanoroughness, nanopits, nanomountains or nanoparticles. The properties at Nano scale differ significantly from the properties at bigger scale because of the increased surface ...

Lasers in Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics - A Review

The dental lasers of today have benefited from field of quantum mechanics, initially formulated during the early 1900s by Danish physicist Bohr. The first laser use in endodontics was reported by Weichman & Johnson (1971) who attempted to seal the apical foramen in vitro by means of a high power-infrared (CO2) laser. In May 1990, Myers and Myers developed the first specialized dental laser (pul...

Nanotechnology and dentistry

Nanotechnology deals with the physical, chemical, and biological properties of structures and their components at nanoscale dimensions. Nanotechnology is based on the concept of creating functional structures by controlling atoms and molecules on a one-by-one basis. The use of this technology will allow many developments in the health sciences as well as in materials science, bio-technology, el...

Role of magnification in conservative dentistry and endodontics in today’s practice- a review of literature

Dentistry has become more sophisticated and complex thus requiring precised motor skills and visual acuity. Optical magnification has expanded the horizons of dentistry. During past decades, dentistry has not only evolved clinically but the histological aspects has also played an important part in the development of new materials as well as helped in better evaluation of treatment procedures. H...

Melding Endodontics with Restorative Dentistry