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Advanced Dental Biomaterials

  • 1st Edition - May 24, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Zohaib Khurshid, Shariq Najeeb, Muhammad Zafar, Farshid Sefat
  • Language: English

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Description

Advanced Dental Biomaterials is an invaluable reference for researchers and clinicians within the biomedical industry and academia. The book can be used by both an experienced researcher/clinician learning about other biomaterials or applications that may be applicable to their current research or as a guide for a new entrant into the field who needs to gain an understanding of the primary challenges, opportunities, most relevant biomaterials, and key applications in dentistry.

Key features

  • Provides a comprehensive review of the materials science, engineering principles and recent advances in dental biomaterials
  • Reviews the fundamentals of dental biomaterials and examines advanced materials’ applications for tissues regeneration and clinical dentistry
  • Written by an international collaborative team of materials scientists, biomedical engineers, oral biologists and dental clinicians in order to provide a balanced perspective on the field

Readership

Materials scientists, dental practitioners, dental students, dental specialist trainees

Table of contents

Part 1: Fundamentals of Dental BiomaterialsIntroduction to Dental Biomaterials and their AdvancesDental Biomaterials Properties and Characterization Techniques

Part 2: Restorative Materials

Glass Ionomers Cements (GIC) ChemistryEnamel Etching and Bonding Agents

Resin-based Dental Composites for Tooth FillingDental Amalgams　

Part 3: Endodontic Materials

Obturation materials　Irrigators and intra-canal medicamentsEndodontic sealers

Part 4: Prosthodontic Materials

Impression Materials for Dental ProsthesisCeramic Materials in DentistryAcrylic Resin-based Materials in DentistryFibre-Reinforced Composites in Dentistry

Zirconium in Dentistry

Part 5: Dental Laboratory Materials

Dental gypsum and investments (Composition, Types, Manufacturing, Applications)

　

　

Part 6: Orthodontic Materials

Orthodontic WiresOrthodontic Brackets　Elastomeric Ligatures and Chains

Part 7: Regenerative Dentistry Materials and Advanced Technologies

Biomaterials for Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Dentistry

Dental Bone Cements and Bone SubstitutesCalcium as a Dental Regenerative MaterialBioactive Glasses (Structure and Application)

Graphene to improve the physicomechanical properties and bioactivity of cements and metal implants　Biomaterials for Maxillofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation/Reconstruction

Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in Dentistry

Nano Glass Ionomer Cement: Modification for the Bone Regeneration/Dental Applications

Digital Dentistry

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 24, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Zohaib Khurshid

Dr. Zohaib Khurshid (Scopus h-index: 23) is a lecturer and course coordinator at the Prosthodontics and Dental Implantology Department, School of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include biomaterials, dental bone grafts, salivary diagnostics, dental education, dental biomaterial characterization, and dental caries remineralization. He has authored more than 100 publications available in Scopus, including review papers, research papers, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, book chapters, editorials, news magazine reports, and scoping studies. He participates in editorial activities with the 'European Journal of Dentistry' (EJD); 'Journal of Oral Research' (JOralRes); 'Journal of Dentistry'; 'Materials'; 'Molecules'; 'Current Issues in Molecular Biology'; 'Polymer'; 'International Journal of Molecular Sciences' (IJMS); and the 'European Journal of Dental Research and Biomaterials'. He has edited two other books with Elsevier: 'Advanced Dental Biomaterials' and 'Dental Implants: Materials, Coatings, Surface Modifications and Interfaces with Oral Tissues'. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Member of The Faculty of Dental Trainers (MDTFEd) of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was also honored with the Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (MFDS RCPS).
Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer and Course Coordinator, Department of Prosthodontics and Dental Implantology, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

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Shariq Najeeb

Dr. Shariq Najeeb completed his clinical dentistry training at the University of Karachi, Pakistan, in 2010 and his master’s in dental materials from the University of Sheffield in 2013. During his master’s, he worked on developing a novel electrospun guided tissue regeneration membrane for periodontal applications. In addition, he has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. His research has focused on novel approaches in treating periodontitis, endodontics, dental implants, biomaterials for tissue regeneration, and data synthesis and quality assessment of dental literature. He has served as the director of the course in dental materials at Al-Farabi Colleges (Saudi Arabia). At present, he is the director of the Institute of Collaborative Dental Education and Research and an adjunct professor of dentistry at Western University, Canada.
Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Department of Endodontics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

MZ

Muhammad Zafar

Dr. Muhammad Zafar did PhD from Quaid-I- Azam University Islamabad-Pakistan in 2011. Currently he is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan. He is a renowned active scientist in the field of medicinal plants, plant biodiversity and Plant Systematics and taxonomy. He is the founder of first nutraceutical and traditional medicinal plant Lab. and biofuel and Biomass energy laboratory at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Pakistan. Dr. Zafar has over 450 publications in diverse fields of Plant Sciences including 406 research publications, 11 international books, 16 chapters in books published by various publishers.
Affiliations and expertise
Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan

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Farshid Sefat

Dr. Farshid Sefat is Associate Professor and Programme Leader in the Biomedical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Bradford (UK). He was head of Biomedical Engineering Department at King Faisal University (Saudi Arabia) and Visiting Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey, USA). He completed his post doctorate research assistant at University of Sheffield (UK) in cornea tissue engineering. Dr. Sefat received his Ph.D. and BEng. degrees from University of Bradford in Biomedical Engineering. His research is based on developing biomaterials to control cellular behavior with particular emphasis in developing engineered materials for various tissue engineering applications. He’s an author of >150 peer-reviewed journal articles, editorials, and review papers and >80 book chapters/edited books. He’s on the editorial boards and reviewer of >30 numerous journals including Materials Today, Acta Biomaterialia, IEEE, Bone, MDPI, Journal of Orthopaedics & Rheumatology, Materials Science and Engineering C and Journal of Biomechanics.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Biomedical and Electronic Engineering Department, University of Bradford, UK

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