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Applied Science and Technology in Orthodontics

A special issue of Dentistry Journal (ISSN 2304-6767).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 9887

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alberto De Stefani

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Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, 35122 Padova, Italy
Interests: orthodontics; dentistry; dental sleep medicine; dental materials
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Dr. Giovanni Bruno

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Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, 35122 Padova, PD, Italy
Interests: orthodontics; dentistry; dental sleep medicine; dental materials
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Dr. Antonio Gracco

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Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, 35122 Padua, Italy
Interests: orthodontics; dentistry; dental sleep medicine; dental materials
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the last years, orthodontics has increased its aspects of research and its cooperation with other disciplines. This Special Issue focuses on the most recent significant innovations in the orthodontic field, focusing attention on applied sciences and how they can be involved in orthodontic practice. The scope of this issue shall encompass the following aspects and their relationship with orthodontics:

  • nanotechnology;
  • microscopy;
  • biology;
  • molecules;
  • materials;
  • nanomaterials;
  • coatings;
  • medicine;
  • behavioral sciences;
  • engineering.

For this purpose, we invite you to submit original research articles and reviews to any of the topics mentioned above.

Thank you in advance for your contribution!

Dr. Alberto De Stefani
Dr. Giovanni Bruno
Prof. Antonio Gracco
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Dentistry Journal is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • orthodontics
  • applied sciences
  • nanotechnology
  • materials
  • medicine
  • engineering

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Primary Evaluation of Shape Recovery of Orthodontic Aligners Fabricated from Shape Memory Polymer (A Typodont Study)
by Tarek M. Elshazly, Ludger Keilig, Yasmine Alkabani, Ahmed Ghoneima, Moosa Abuzayda, Sameh Talaat and Christoph P. Bourauel
Dent. J. 2021, 9(3), 31; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/dj9030031 - 10 Mar 2021
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As an innovative approach to overcome the rate-limiting staging of conventional aligners, using shape memory polymers (SMPs) as aligners’ materials was investigated in this in vitro study. The ability of SMPs to shape recover and consequently move tooth, upon appropriate stimuli, was evaluated [...] Read more.
As an innovative approach to overcome the rate-limiting staging of conventional aligners, using shape memory polymers (SMPs) as aligners’ materials was investigated in this in vitro study. The ability of SMPs to shape recover and consequently move tooth, upon appropriate stimuli, was evaluated on a typodont model before clinical application. The study design was to achieve 1.9 mm correction movement of an upper central incisor by one aligner after multiple steps/activation. A custom-made aligned typodont model with a movable upper central incisor was scanned. Using an orthodontic software and a 3D printer, resin-models were generated. Seven aligners of ClearX sheets (SMPs) were fabricated by thermoforming on the resin aligned model. Each aligner was tested for repositioning of the central incisor in the typodont model. The model was scanned after each step and the corrective movement was measured through the superimposition of scans. Results showed that the total correction efficiency of the SMPs’ aligner was ≈93% (1.76 mm). The corrective movement was 0.94 ± 0.04 mm after the reforming step, 0.66 ± 0.07 mm after the first activation step, and 0.15 ± 0.10 mm after the second activation step. It was concluded that aligners made of SMPs could have a promising future-use in orthodontic aesthetic treatment. Full article
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Application of Nanotechnology in Orthodontic Materials: A State-of-the-Art Review
by Alberto De Stefani, Giovanni Bruno, Giorgia Preo and Antonio Gracco
Dent. J. 2020, 8(4), 126; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/dj8040126 - 09 Nov 2020
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Nanotechnology refers to the science that manipulates matter at molecular and atomic levels, and studies matter at the nanoscale level to detect and exploit the useful properties that derive from these dimensions; materials with components less than 100 nm in at least one [...] Read more.
Nanotechnology refers to the science that manipulates matter at molecular and atomic levels, and studies matter at the nanoscale level to detect and exploit the useful properties that derive from these dimensions; materials with components less than 100 nm in at least one dimension are called nanomaterials. Nanotechnology is applied in many fields, such as medicine (nanomedicine) and dentistry (nano-dentistry). The purpose of these innovations and research in this field is to improve human life and health. This article aims to summarize and describe what the most recent and known innovations of nanotechnology in dentistry are, focusing on and paying particular attention to the branch that is orthodontics, and on the application of new nanomaterials in the realization, for example, of orthodontic elastomeric ligatures, orthodontic power chains, and orthodontic miniscrews. We also address a very important topic in orthodontics, which is how to reduce the friction force. Full article
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