ArticlePolymers2020
Exploring Needle-Like Zinc Oxide Nanostructures for Improving Dental Resin Sealers: Design and Evaluation of Antibacterial, Physical and Chemical Properties.
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- Application of Nanomaterials in Endodontics.BME frontiers · 2024Review
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- Exploring the Physicochemical, Mechanical, and Photocatalytic Antibacterial Properties of a Methacrylate-Based Dental Material Loaded with ZnO Nanoparticles.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Study of Zn-Ca Nanocomposites and Their Antibacterial Properties.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and Nanotubes: Ultrasmall Nanostructures to Engineer Antibacterial and Improved Dental Adhesives and Composites.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Bibliometric Analysis of Literature Published on Antibacterial Dental Adhesive from 1996-2020.Polymers · 2020Review
- The Mechanical and Physical Properties of 3D-Printed Materials Composed of ABS-ZnO Nanocomposites and ABS-ZnO Microcomposites.Micromachines · 2020Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of needle-like zinc oxide nanostructures (ZnO-NN) on the physical, chemical, and antibacterial properties of experimental methacrylate-based dental sealers. ZnO-NN was synthesized and characterized. ZnO-NN was added to a co-monomer blend at 20, 30, and 40 wt.%. One group without ZnO-NN was used as a control. The dental resin sealers were evaluated for their flow, film thickness, water sorption, solubility, radiopacity, degree of conversion (DC), dental-sealer interface characterization via micro-Raman, and antibacterial activity. ZnO-NN presented a mean needle diameter of 40 nm and 16 m
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