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ReviewBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Biomimetic Aspects of Restorative Dentistry Biomaterials.

Muhammad Sohail Zafar, Faiza Amin, Muhmmad Amber Fareed, Hani Ghabbani, Samiya Riaz, Zohaib Khurshid, Naresh Kumar

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Review in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Fracture Resistance of Extensively Compromised Anterior Teeth Restored With Fiberglass Posts and Biomimetic Protocols: An In Vitro Study.Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry : official publication of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry ... [et al.] · 2026
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  17. Biomimetic Dentistry: Restoring Teeth, the Nature's Way.Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2025
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25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Muhammad Sohail ZafarDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah, Al Munawwarah 41311, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5157-7067
Faiza AminScience of Dental Materials Department, Dow Dental College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.
Muhmmad Amber FareedAdult Restorative Dentistry, Dental Biomaterials and Prosthodontics Oman Dental College, Muscat 116, Oman.ORCID 0000-0001-8440-0092
Hani GhabbaniDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah, Al Munawwarah 41311, Saudi Arabia.
Samiya RiazSchool of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Zohaib KhurshidDepartment of Prosthodontics and Dental Implantology, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudia Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7998-7335
Naresh KumarDepartment of Science of Dental Materials, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-2030-6907

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomimetic has emerged as a multi-disciplinary science in several biomedical subjects in recent decades, including biomaterials and dentistry. In restorative dentistry, biomimetic approaches have been applied for a range of applications, such as restoring tooth defects using bioinspired peptides to achieve remineralization, bioactive and biomimetic biomaterials, and tissue engineering for regeneration. Advancements in the modern adhesive restorative materials, understanding of biomaterial-tissue interaction at the nano and microscale further enhanced the restorative materials' properties (such as color, morphology, and strength) to mimic natural teeth. In addition, the tissue-engineering approaches resulted in regeneration of lost or damaged dental tissues mimicking their natural counterpart. The aim of the present article is to review various biomimetic approaches used to replace lost or damaged dental tissues using restorative biomaterials and tissue-engineering techniques. In addition, tooth structure, and various biomimetic properties of dental restorative materials and tissue-engineering scaffold materials, are discussed.

Indexed as

dental biomaterialsendodonticsregenerative medicinerestorative dentistrytissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID32679703
PMCPMC7557867

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