Nanotechnology in Prosthodontics

Nanotechnology is the science of manipulating matter on molecular and atomic levels or of matter measured in the billionths of meters or nanometer, roughly the size of 2 or 3 atoms. Nano technology consists mainly of the processing, separating, consolidating, and deforming of materials by one atom or molecule. Since its origin, the definition of nanotechnology has generally been extended to include features as large as 100 nm. The basic idea of nanotechnology, used in the narrow sense of the word, is to employ individual atoms and molecules to construct functional structures. An attempt has been made in this book to give a general overview of the recent advancements made in the field of prosthodontics in relation to nanotechnology.