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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Effect of Nanostructures on the Properties of Glass Ionomer Dental Restoratives/Cements: A Comprehensive Narrative Review.

Faiza Amin, Sehrish Rahman, Zohaib Khurshid, Muhammad Sohail Zafar, Farshid Sefat, Naresh Kumar

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Faiza AminScience of Dental Materials Department, Dow Dental College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.
Sehrish RahmanScience of Dental Materials Department, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-9885-1943
Zohaib KhurshidDepartment of Prosthodontics and Dental Implantology, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7998-7335
Muhammad Sohail ZafarDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah, Al Munawwarah 41311, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5157-7067
Farshid SefatDepartment of Biomedical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0911-5213
Naresh KumarScience of Dental Materials Department, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences, 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

Overall perspective of nanotechnology and reinforcement of dental biomaterials by nanoparticles has been reported in the literature. However, the literature regarding the reinforcement of dental biomaterials after incorporating various nanostructures is sparse. The present review addresses current developments of glass ionomer cements (GICs) after incorporating various metallic, polymeric, inorganic and carbon-based nanostructures. In addition, types, applications, and implications of various nanostructures incorporated in GICs are discussed. Most of the attempts by researchers are based on the laboratory-based studies; hence, it warrants long-term clinical trials to aid the development of suitable materials for the load bearing posterior dentition. Nevertheless, a few meaningful conclusions are drawn from this substantial piece of work; they are as follows: (1) most of the nanostructures are likely to enhance the mechanical strength of GICs; (2) certain nanostructures improve the antibacterial activity of GICs against the cariogenic bacteria; (3) clinical translation of these promising outcomes are completely missing, and (4) the nanostructured modified GICs could perform better than their conventional counterparts in the load bearing posterior dentition.

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antibacterial activityfluoride releaseglass ionomer cementmechanical propertiesnanostructuresnanotechnology

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PMID34771787
PMCPMC8584882

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