Current applications of chitosan nanoparticles in dentistry: A review

Abstract

Nanotechnology is widely used in our day to day life including its use in medicine. Nanostructures are used in innovations or diagnosis of dentistry. Some nano-particles are used for oral disease preventive drugs, prostheses and for teeth implantation. Nano-materials further deliver oral fluid or drugs, preventing and curing some oral disease like oral cancer and maintain oral health care up to a high extent. The nanoparticle like chitosan has anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, and anti-tumor effects. The literature search was done by the online and text search. The data was conducted using different electronic databases and the articles published in the different journals were obtained. The nanoparticle like chitosan has anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, and anti-tumor effects. Therefore, the purpose of present review was to evaluate the different aspects of nano-particles like chitosan in the Dentistry.

Impact of Green Tea Extract on Intraradicular Dentin Wettability and Bond Strength of Resin-Based Sealer Following Two Chelating Agents

“…In the present study, the use of 5 ml of 0.2% Nano chitosan for 3 minutes was justified by a preliminary study found that applying 0.2% chitosan acetate for 3 minutes was the most effective chelating agent when compared to chitosan prepared with different concentrations and contact times (34) . Moreover, CSNPs have been used to improve the effectiveness of chitosan, where nanomaterials have unique physicochemical properties such as large surface area and enhanced chemical reactivity, when compared to their bulk counterparts (42) .…”

Effects of Different Natural Irrigant Solutions on Surface Roughness of Root Canal Dentin Using Quantitative Topographical 3d Surface Texture Analysis

“…Nano materials provide unique physicochemical characteristics of ultrasmall particle sizes, increased surface area related to mass ration, and improved chemical reactivity compared to their bulk material form (12) . Chitosan nanoparticles have been introduced to mend the root canal disinfection since it showed better antibiofilm capacity and bacterial degradation, and has chelating effect capable to remove the smear layer with the ability to penetrate deeper into the root canal irregularities and dentinal tubules criteria that make it suitable to be used as finishing rinse during root canal irrigation (13) .…”

The Effect of Tripolyphosphate (TPP) Volumes on the Synthesis of Chitosan Nanoparticles Using Ionic Gelation Method

“…The NPs can be synthesized through two approaches; topdown and bottom-up approaches [9]. The top-down approach reduces the size of bulk materials to nanoscale by grinding or etching while the bottom-up approach is the synthesis of nanoparticles involving chemical reactions from small (bio)molecules [10]. Based on previous studies, there were several methods involving chemical reactions in the preparation of the NPs.…”