Tiny NANO things to improve Dentistry in a BIG way Nanostructures............
nanoparticles, nanorods, nanospheres, nanotubes, nanofibers, quantum dots (QDs), nanoscale cantilevers, liposomes
is Nano?......Nano means Dwarf Nanotechnology….. is the science of manipulating matter measured in the billionths of a meter or nanometer
Nanotechnology .... ......in the field of dentistry
Nanodiagnostics Tools for Nanodiagnostics
Nanodiagnostics Nanoimaging Nanotherapeutics
•Nanoscale Cantilevers •Quantum dots •Nanopores •Carbon nanotubes •Nanoneedles
Nanoimaging
•In-vivo Imaging •Optical Coherence Tomography •Other Imaging Modalities
Approaches to nanodentistry Bottom - up approaches • Assembly of small components into compound structures. Top - down approaches • Creation of small structures by using bigger ones in guiding their assembly
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman in 1959, lectured that “nanotechnology is a development which I think cannot be avoided”
Nanotherapeutics
Targeted Drug Delivery ....... ....by using Dedrimers and Nanoshells
•Nanoscale materials and devices to be applied in advanced diagnostics and biosensors, targeted drug delivery, and smart drugs •Molecular medicine through genomics, proteomics, artificial biobotics(microbial robots) •Molecular machines and medical nanorobots aid inimmediate microbial diagnosis and treatment, and enhancement of physiological functions.
Conclusion Nanotechnology creating major changes in the field of dentistry with respect to improvement of health, diagnosis, and proper use of natural resources. Nanotechnology has its greatest effect on restorative dentistry by contributing to the enhancement of previously established clinical RBC systems with the help of nanostructures such as nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanorods, quantum dots, dendrimers, nanospheres, etc.
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NANO is the next generation BIG in DENTISTRY
Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital Panjab University Chandigarh