Nanomaterials in Prosthodontics

Prosthodontics is an important branch of the oral medicine. With the improvement of people¿s living standards and the promotion of oral health knowledge, prosthodontics increasingly received widespread attention. Prosthodontics is mainly for dental defects, treatment after tooth loss, such as lays, crowns, and dentures, also including the use of artificial prostheses for periodontal disease, temporomandibular joint disease, and maxillofacial tissue defects. In recent years, nanomaterials have captured more and more attention because of their unique structures and properties. The concept of ¿nanomaterials¿ formed in the early 1980s, referring to zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional materials with a size of less than 100 nm. Nanomaterials have been playing a significant role in basic scientific innovation and clinical technological change of prosthodontics. In this book, the latest research progress on the applications of nanometals, nanoceramic, nanoresin, and other nanomaterials in prosthodontics was reviewed, which clearly shows that many properties can be significantly improved after their scales were reduced from micron-size into nanosize.