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Volume 3
Dentistry and Craniofacial Research
ISSN: 2576-392X
Page 68
JOINT EVENT
August 16-17, 2018 Madrid, Spain
&
24
th
International Conference on
Dental Public Health & Dental Hygiene
3
rd
International Conference on
General Practice & Primary Care
General Practice 2018
Dental Public Health 2018
August 16-17, 2018
Recent advances in smart materials and its applications in pediatric dentistry
Mohamed Saber Ibrahim Elsherbini
Asyut University College of Dentistry, Egypt
T
he recent technologies for life time efficiency and improved reliability include the use of smart materials and structures.
Smart materials are materials that are able to be altered by stimuli and transform back into the original state after removing
the stimuli. Smart materials are being used, and are continually being developed, for medical, defensive and industrial purposes.
The recent advances in the design of smart materials have created novel opportunities for their applications in bio-medical fields.
One of the important applications is dental restoratives. Smart materials support the remaining tooth structure to the extent
that more conservative cavity preparation can be carried out. These dental materials may be altered in a controlled fashion by
stimulus such as stress, temperature, moisture, pH, electric or magnetic field. Some of these are biomimetic in nature as their
properties mimic natural tooth substance such as enamel or dentin. Such smart materials include smart composite, smart
ceramics, compomers, resin modified glass ionomer, pit and fissure sealants etc. This presentation attempts to highlight the use
of smart materials in pediatric dentistry to get maximum advantage by restorations in dentistry. The benefit for the patient and
the quality of dental therapy will undergo a significant improvement if such materials are developed and introduced.
dr_saber1@hotmail.comJ Dent Craniofac Res 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2576-392X-C2-006