Functional nanomaterials and their potentials in antibacterial treatment of dental caries

T Zhu, Z Huang, X Shu, C Zhang, Z Dong… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dental caries is one of the most common bacteria-related oral diseases, and the cariogenic
bacteria play critical roles in its pathogenesis. Antibacterial therapy is regarded as an …

Advanced materials for enamel remineralization

J Xu, H Shi, J Luo, H Yao, P Wang, Z Li… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dental caries, a chronic and irreversible disease caused by caries-causing bacteria, has
been listed as one of the three major human diseases to be prevented and treated …

[HTML][HTML] Dendritic polymers in tissue engineering: Contributions of PAMAM, PPI PEG and PEI to injury restoration and bioactive scaffold evolution

M Arkas, M Vardavoulias, G Kythreoti… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The capability of radially polymerized bio-dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers for
medical applications is well established. Perhaps the most important implementations are …

Nanotechnology-based therapies for the prevention and treatment of Streptococcus mutans-derived dental caries

F Amissah, T Andey, KM Ahlschwede - Journal of oral biosciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Dental caries results from long-term acid production when sugar is metabolized
by a bacterial biofilm, resulting in a loss of calcium and phosphate from the enamel …

Applications of photothermally mediated nanohybrids for white spot lesions in orthodontics

X Lu, Y Qu, T Zhu, X Qu, Z Zhang, Y Yu… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2023 - Elsevier
In orthodontic treatment, cariogenic bacteria in the oral cavity are the main cause of enamel
white spot lesions (WSLs). Therefore, to effectively prevent and treat WSLs, it is crucial to …

Correlating the mechanical properties to the mineral density of brown spot lesion in dentine using nanoindentation and X-ray micro-tomography

EV Sadyrin - Advanced Materials Modelling for Mechanical, Medical …, 2022 - Springer
Caries in the stage of brown spot lesion is an advanced phase of the disease thus causing
serious problems for patients. Having passed the dentine-enamel junction, carieogenic …

Novel urea derivative-loaded PLGA nanoparticles to inhibit caries-associated Streptococcus mutans

M Zhang, Y Liao, X Tong, F Yan - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Caries is the most common chronic infectious disease in the human oral cavity and the
existing anti-caries agents may lead to drug resistance and microecological imbalance. A …

Microconvex dot-featured silk fibroin films for promoting human umbilical vein endothelial cell angiogenesis via enhancing the expression of bFGF and VEGF

Z Tang, X Wang, J Yang, X Song, Y Huang… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Insufficient vascularization of grafts often leads to delayed tissue ingrowth and impaired
tissue function in tissue engineering. The surface topography of grafts plays critical roles in …

Drug delivery systems loaded with plant-derived natural products for dental caries prevention and treatment

X Song, M Ji, X Shu, L Zou - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Dental caries, driven by dysbiosis in oral flora and acid accumulation, pose a significant
threat to oral health. Traditional methods of managing dental biofilm using broad-spectrum …

Functional Covalent Organic Framework (COF) Nanoparticles for Biomimic Mineralization and Bacteria Inhabitation

T Zhang, L Wu, Y Song, X Li, X Niu, Y Sun… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomimic mineralization of hard tissues with hierarchical structures is a challenging task,
while designing multifunctional materials possessing both the ability of biomimic …