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Chitosan is a biopolymer that has a large wound management application and biological proprieties, helping the organisms with fast healing, stimulates the cell proliferation including bacteriostatic and fungistatic particularly useful for wound treatment and as a support material to tissue engineering. The possibilities of application of chitosan are so huge and fascinating as well as not quite discovered. Proprieties of chitosan like biocompatibility, anti inflammatory and others could give promising results in periodontal care or wound healing after teeth extractions. The aim of this work is to review possible applications of chitosan in dentistry area.Keywords: chitosan, biomedical, bioengineering materials, biodegrability, selective permeability, polyelectrolyte action, natural polysaccharide Advances in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Research Article Open AccessChitosan-properties and applications in dentistry by 12 Since then several researches with interests in the applications of chitin and aiming to broaden the knowledge about the structural relations and properties of this polysaccharide and its derivatives. 13 Chitosan is a straight chain, cationic polysaccharide that occurs naturally or can be obtained by deacetylation of chitin. Even though there is no nomenclature that definitively guarantees a difference between chitin and chitosan, the term chitosan usually represents cationic copolymers consisting of 2-amino-2-deoxy-β-D-glucose (60-100%) and 2-acetamino -2-deoxy-β-D-glucoside (0-50%), bound together by ß (1→4) bonds. [14][15][16][17] Chitosan is the main derivative of chitin deacetylation in which the mean degree of deacetylation representing the percentage of free NH 2 groups is greater than 60%. 18,19 The average degree of acetylation of chitosan is a measure of the average number of 2-acetamide-2-dexosi-D-glucopyranose and 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose units. The relative percentage of these units has a direct influence on the solubility of chitosan and is an important parameter to determine the average degree of acetylation or indirectly the average degree of deacetylation, which in this way represents the concentration of amino groups, besides exerting a great influence on the physical properties, chemical and biological. 11The amino groups of chitosan are more reactive with respect to the acetamido groups of chitin. The free electron pair of nitrogen in the amino groups is responsible for the adsorption of metallic cations. The average degree of deacetylation determines the fraction of amino groups that are available for interaction with metals. The protonation of amino groups in acid solutions is responsible for the electrostatic attraction of anions. 14 Unlike chitin, chitosan is soluble in dilute acid medium forming a cationic polymer that confers special properties differentiated with respect to the vegetal fibers.11 Chitosan is soluble in dilute acids, such as acetic acid, formic acid, lactic acid, as well as inorganic acids, after prolonged agitation. However,...

The skeletal system in the human body is very important, provides support and gives shape to the body and provides a network between all soft tissues. The most common problems in hard tissues are bone fractures, defects or diseases which needed to be treated. The developments in artificial bone area seem to solve most of the hard tissue problems, on the other hand artificial bones themselves may cause other problems and in many cases they do not have sufficient mechanical properties and/or good biocompatibility. The importance of chitosan and its derivatives like microcrystalline chitosan has grown significantly over the last two decades due to its renewable and biodegradable source, and also because of the increase in the knowledge of its functionality in the technological and biomedical applications. The excellent biocompability, biofunctionality, and non-antigenic property make the chitosan and its derivatives as a microcrystalline chitosan an ideal material for tissue regeneration. To improve the suitability of chitosan for bone tissue engineering, the composites of MCCh and hydroxyapatite were studied. In the present work the characterization of the MCCh and composites with HAp in form of films and sponges, is based on physico-chemical tests, morphology, structure, particle size of HAp powder and distribution in the polymer matrix. The compositions with film and sponge shape are derived from the junction of two different materials, containing organic and inorganic substances. All sponge preparations, with HAp/MCCh have a well-shaped 3-dimensional structure, which could be used as implants in orthopedic surgery for a scaffolds base for medical applications.

Bone repair or regeneration is a common and complicated clinical problem in orthopedic surgery. The importance of natural polymers, such as microcrystalline chitosan, and minerals such as HAp and β-TCP, has grown significantly over the last two decades due to their renewable and biodegradable source, increasing the knowledge and functionality of composites in technological and biomedical applications. This study compares the biodegradation process, bioactivity, structure, morphology, and mechanical properties of microcrystalline chitosan and microcrystalline chitosan/β-TCP complex; the latter according to the new method of preparation. The complex showed a homogeneous network structure with regular pores, good bioactivity, even after 60 days of conducting the hydrolytic and enzymatic degradation process, showing a bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity. The complex indicates that it could be used successfully as a base for implants and scaffolds production in orthopedic surgery.