Explore the most recent advancements in the domain of self-healing intelligent composites specifically designed for use in dentistry

S Tavasolikejani, A Farazin - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dental composites are commonly utilized in dental treatments because they have the ability
to preserve the natural appearance of teeth, are minimally invasive and conservative, and …

Multiscale engineered artificial tooth enamel

H Zhao, S Liu, Y Wei, Y Yue, M Gao, Y Li, X Zeng… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Tooth enamel, renowned for its high stiffness, hardness, and viscoelasticity, is an ideal
model for designing biomimetic materials, but accurate replication of complex hierarchical …

[HTML][HTML] New frontiers in atom probe tomography: a review of research enabled by cryo and/or vacuum transfer systems

IE McCarroll, PAJ Bagot, A Devaraj, DE Perea… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
There has been a recent surge in the use of cryo and/or vacuum specimen preparation and
transfer systems to broaden the scope of research enabled by the microscopy technique of …

Characterization of enamel and dentine about a white spot lesion: mechanical properties, mineral density, microstructure and molecular composition

E Sadyrin, M Swain, B Mitrin, I Rzhepakovsky… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The study focuses on in vitro tracing of some fundamental changes that emerge in teeth at
the initial stage of caries development using multiple approaches. The research was …

Atom probe tomography for biomaterials and biomineralization

K Grandfield, C Micheletti, J Deering, G Arcuri, T Tang… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Biominerals and biomaterials are part of our daily lives, from our skeleton and teeth to coral
reefs and carbon-capturing single-cell organisms in the oceans, to engineered ceramics …

Synchrotron X-ray studies of the structural and functional hierarchies in mineralised human dental enamel: A state-of-the-art review

C Besnard, A Marie, S Sasidharan, RA Harper… - Dentistry Journal, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hard dental tissues possess a complex hierarchical structure that is particularly evident in
enamel, the most mineralised substance in the human body. Its complex and interlinked …

Fast cross-linked hydrogel as a green light-activated photocatalyst for localized biofilm disruption and brush-free tooth whitening

Q Li, J Liu, Y Xu, H Liu, J Zhang, Y Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biofilm-driven caries and tooth discoloration are two major problems in oral health care. The
current methods have the disadvantages of insufficient biofilm targeting and irreversible …

Applications of scanning electron microscopy and focused ion beam milling in dental research

KL House, L Pan, DM O'Carroll… - European Journal of Oral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The abilities of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and focused ion beam (FIB) milling for
obtaining high‐resolution images from top surfaces, cross‐sectional surfaces, and even in …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of in vitro demineralised human enamel using multi-scale correlative optical and scanning electron microscopy, and high-resolution synchrotron wide …

C Besnard, RA Harper, E Salvati, TEJ Moxham… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Enamel caries is a highly prevalent worldwide disease that involves the demineralisation of
the outer tooth structure. In this study, we report the analysis of artificially demineralised …

[HTML][HTML] 3D analysis of enamel demineralisation in human dental caries using high-resolution, large field of view synchrotron X-ray micro-computed tomography

C Besnard, RA Harper, TEJ Moxham, JD James… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report major advances in the analysis of synchrotron 3D datasets acquired from human
healthy and carious dental enamel. Synchrotron tomographic data for three human carious …