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Is It Now the Era of Teledentistry?
Telehealth technologies have the potential to enhance oral health-care standards. Teledentistry can empower the communication between patients and dental professionals located in separate geographic regions. With this innovative technology, dental care can be provided to distant patients by real-time interaction using website monitoring, mobile apps and wearable devices. Dentists need to convert the traditional paper …
Promoting the Applications of Dental MRI
Palatal masticatory mucosa has been subject to extensive research work recently as it is the source for mucosal grafting. Its thickness varies among individuals, and preoperative assessment prior graft harvesting is mandatory. Recent research focuses on using dental MRI to accurately measure mucosal thickness and to locate the greater palatal artery to avoid its injury …
Navigation Implant Surgery
Image-guided dentistry has proven a cost-effective and easily applicable technology that adapts to several treatments. Currently, image-guided techniques are moving toward the so-called dynamic navigation which relies on CT, CBCT or MRI images to improve the accuracy of dental procedures. Dynamic navigation can help in restorative dentistry; for example, it allows to locate root canals in endodontic …
Boost Your Dental Career with Laser Therapy
Laser is one of the top innovative dental treatment options that were rigorously exploited over the past decade. Laser dentistry provides minimally invasive procedures and is thought to be the best choice for dealing with oral tissues. Popularity of laser dentistry has increased due to the great results it showed with excision of overgrown tissues; …
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Nanotechnology in Dentistry: Orthodontics
The orthodontic applications of nanotechnology are numerous. Nanotechnology can assist in manufacturing orthodontic wires, brackets, orthodontic aligners and mini-/microimplants. Orthodontic wires coated with nanoparticles exhibited well-controlled tooth movements and better anchorage, with less frictional forces, less root resorption and less bone/periodontal damage. Orthodontic nanorobots and nanoindented orthodontic wires both contributed directly to healthy periodontal tissues, …
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Nanotechnology in Dentistry: Dental Implants
In the past few years, nanotechnology research work has focused on the production of dental and biomedical materials that possess antimicrobial activities and tailored functions. Silver nanoparticles have been subject to rigorous research for their potential applications in restorative dentistry, orthodontics and oral implantology. The undergoing research work includes laboratory testing on several bacterial strains. …
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