New nanomaterials are leading to a range of emerging dental treatments that utilize more biomimetic materials that more closely duplicate natural tooth structure (or bone, in the case of implants). The use of nanostructures that will work in harmony with the body's own regenerative processes (eg, to restore tooth structure or alveolar bone) are moving into clinical practice. This book brings together an international team of experts from the fields of nanomaterials, biomedical engineering and dentistry, to cover the new materials and techniques with potential for use intra-orally or extra-orally for the restoration, fixation, replacement, or regeneration of hard and soft tissues in and about the oral cavity and craniofacial region. New dental nanotechnologies include the use of advanced inorganic and organic materials, smart and biomimetic materials, tissue engineering and drug delivery strategies.

CHAPTER 1 Nanotechnology and the future of Dentistry CHAPTER 2 Nanoparticles for Dental Materials: Synthesis, analysis and Applications CHAPTER 3 Antimicrobial nanoparticles in Restorative Composites CHAPTER 4 Nanotechnology in operative dentistry: a perspective approach of history, mechanical behavior and clinical application CHAPTER 5 Nanotechnology and dental implants CHAPTER 6 Titanium surface modification techniques for dental implants - From microscale to nanoscale CHAPTER 7 Titanium nanotubes as carriers of osteogenic growth factors and antibacterial drugs for applications in dental implantology CHAPTER 8 Cellular responses to nanoscale surface modifications of titanium implants for dentistry and bone tissue engineering applications CHAPTER 9 Corrosion Resistance of Ti6Al4V with Nanostructured TiO2 Coatings CHAPTER 10 Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes/Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles incorporated GTR membranes CHAPTER 11 Fabrication of PEG hydrogel micropatterns by Soft-photolithography and PEG hydrogel as Guided Bone Regeneration membrane in dental implantology CHAPTER 12 Nano-Apatitic Composite Scaffolds for Stem Cell Delivery and Bone Tissue Engineering CHAPTER 13 Self-assembly of Proteins and Peptides and their applications in Bionanotechnology and Dentistry CHAPTER 14 Bone regeneration using self-assembled nanoparticle based scaffolds CHAPTER 15 Surface engineering of Dental Tools with diamond for improved life and performance CHAPTER 16 Nanomechanical characterization of mineralized tissues in the oral cavity CHAPTER 17 Nanoindentation techniques for the determination of mechanical properties of materials in dentistry CHAPTER 18 Nanocharacterisation techniques for dental implant development CHAPTER 19 Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems for Oral Cancer Treatment CHAPTER 20 Carbon nanotubes in cancer therapy and drug delivery CHAPTER 21 Nanodiagnostics in Microbiology and Dentistry