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DON LOPEZ, David; POLINI, Alessandro  e  TOMSIA, Antoni P.. Nuevas aplicaciones dentales de vidrio bioactivo nanoestructurado y sus composites. Mundo nano [online]. 2013, vol.6, n.11, pp.13-28.  Epub 23-Jun-2021. ISSN 2448-5691.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ceiich.24485691e.2013.11.50000.

In order to achieve the improvement of dental and bone treatments for different kind of trauma or diseases, e.g., osteoporosis, cancer or infections, material scientists are joining their efforts and working together with clinicians towards the development of new biomaterials. Developed more than 50 years ago, bioactive glass (BG) has recently gained attention and is considered promising biomaterial in the scientific scene, thanks to the discovery of its unusual properties that promote biological responses inside of the human body. Among their important properties, the BG is able to form strong interactions with both soft and hard tissue, also due to the release of ions upon dissolution. In material science, the last developments in nanotechnology have showed new opportunities and directions in several application fields, including for dental and bone therapies. For example, new applications for BG are available as more control on the structures and physicochemical properties of materials at the molecular level is possible. Here, we summarize how these material properties have been improved by the use of nanotechnology, and how these developments are leading to really promising results in the field of hard-tissue regeneration and in the progress of innovative drug delivery systems based on BG.

Palavras-chave : bioactive glass; biomaterials; hard-tissue regeneration.