Can Graphene Pave the Way to Successful Periodontal and Dental Prosthetic Treatments? A Narrative Review.

Graphene, as a promising material, holds the potential to significantly enhance the field of dental practices. Incorporating graphene into dental materials imparts enhanced strength and durability, while graphene-based nanocomposites offer the prospect of innovative solutions such as antimicrobial dental implants or scaffolds. Ongoing research into graphene-based dental adhesives and composites also suggests their capacity to improve the quality and reliability of dental restorations. This narrative review aims to provide an up-to-date overview of the application of graphene derivatives in the dental domain, with a particular focus on their application in prosthodontics and periodontics. It is important to acknowledge that further research and development are imperative to fully explore the potential of graphene and ensure its safe use in dental practices.

[Surface aspect of fixed restaurations and parodontal influences]. / Starea de suprafata a restaurarilor fixe si influenta asupra parodontiului.

UNLABELLED: Any new class of materials requires a new cutting technology which, unless complied with properly, may negatively impact on the advantages and performance of the material. The modifications appeared as a result of the technological processes in the structure or surface aspect of the materials not only affects the mechanical resistance of the restorations but also casts doubts on their biological qualities. AIM: This study evaluates the impact of biomaterials involved in fixed restorations on the periodontal architecture, bearing extremely important connotations in the long run. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The "in vitro" testing was conducted on culture cells for the cytotoxic effect of certain restorative materials--metallic alloys used in prosthetic restorations, composite materials, in collaboration with the Virology Laboratory of the Public Health Institute.The tested materials were metallic alloys, composite materials and acrylic resins used for the construction of standard sized plates (out of each material) in order to avoid the differences that might arise from the technological process. Artificial saliva processed to reach a pH = 7 was prepared in the Biophysics Laboratory of UMF Iasi. Material samples and the saliva inoculated with these were tested. -p. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS: The cytotoxic effect of the tested materials on the celular cultures takes on extremely diverse forms, from discrete morphological modifications of the cells with regard to the size, shape, internal structure (for the noble and semi-noble alloys) up to the partial stripping-off of the celular film, the modification of density and coloration. In the case of the witness of non-inoculated culture, the testing results showed the presence of a continuous film, with cells having the same size, transparency and colouring, with an unaltered polyhedral contour, with visible nuclei, an image also kept in the case of the saliva witness. CONCLUSIONS: The involvement of restaurative materials in triggering, maintaining and aggravating a periodontal pathology indicates the capital role played by the dentist in the identications of lesions during measures by avoiding or excluding etiological agents before an obvious lesions occurs in the process of active dispensarization.