Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER
21
Scope of Nanotechnology in
Endodontics
Sami M.A. Chogle
a
,
b
, Bassam M. Kinaia
c
,
d
and Harold E. Goodis
e
a
Associate Professor and Program Director, Graduate Endodontics, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine,
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA,
b
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Endodontics, School of Dental Medicine,
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA,
c
Assistant Professor in Periodontology, Director of Continuing Education, The European University,
Dubai Health Care City, Dubai, UAE,
d
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology and Dental Hygiene, School of Dentistry,
University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA,
e
Professor Emeritus, Department of Endodontics, University of California School of Dentistry,
San Francisco, CA, USA
CHAPTER OUTLINE
21.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 432
21.2 Clinical applications .................................................................................................................. 433
21.2.1 Instrument modifications ...................................................................................... 433
21.2.2 Enhancement of canal disinfection ........................................................................ 434
21.2.2.1 Irrigants ................................................................................................. 435
21.2.2.2 Medicaments.......................................................................................... 436
21.2.3 Material modifications .......................................................................................... 436
21.2.3.1 Obturating materials ................................................................................ 436
21.2.3.2 Sealers................................................................................................... 437
21.2.3.3 Retro-filling and root-repair materials ......................................................... 438
21.3 Applications for repair and pulp regeneration .............................................................................. 440
21.4 Repair and regeneration ............................................................................................................. 441
21.5 Nanotechnology applications for repair and pulp regeneration...................................................... 442
21.6 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 444
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................... 445
References ......................................................................................................................................... 445
