Biomimetics Integrated Nanoscience in Dental Tissue Regeneration : A Review

Abstract

At a fundamental level, nanotechnology helps to manipulate individual atoms and molecules to produce novel structures with unique properties or improved properties. It involves the production. and applications of physical, chemical, and biological systems and materials at a size scale ranging 1-100 nm. Even though nanotechnology was first introduced over half a century ago, its progress has been slow, but in the last decade, nanotechnology has caught the imagination of scientists and the general public. Nanotechnology offers us the ability to design materials with totally new desirable characteristics Nanotechnology can be approached in two ways: "top-down" and "bottom-up" approaches .Nature uses the bottom-up approach and builds diverse structures in biological systems. The complexity and functionality of these structures is truly amazing. If we can control in fine detail the way in which these structures can be produced in the same way as nature does, remarkable and rapid advances can be made in the field of medicine and dentistry. Nanomaterials will be used far more widely and will yield superior properties and when com bined with biotechnology, laser and digital guided surgery will thus provide excellent dental care. Biomimetics and nanotechnology have given us the knowledge to bioengineer lost tooth and regenerate dental structures. In this review article, recent progress in field of nanotechnology integrated dental tissue regeneration and their potential clinical uses are described.