Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
4-2018
Publisher
Elsevier
Source Publication
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Source ISSN
1549-9634
Abstract
Maintaining the vitality of the dental pulp, the highly innervated and highly vascular, innermost layer of the tooth, is a critical goal of any dental procedure. Upon injury, targeting the pulp with specific therapies is challenging because it is encased in hard tissues. This project describes a method that can effectively deliver therapeutic agents to the pulp. This method relies on the use of nanoparticles that can be actively steered using magnetic forces to the pulp, traveling through naturally occurring channels in the dentin (the middle layer of the tooth). This method can reduce the inflammation of injured pulp and improve the penetration of dental adhesives into dentin. Such a delivery method would be less expensive, and both less painful and less traumatic than existing therapeutic options available for treatment of injured dental pulp. This technique would be simple and could be readily translated to clinical use.
Recommended Citation
Ji, Yadong; Choi, Seung K.; Sultan, Ahmed S.; Chuncai, Kong; Lin, Xiaoying; Dashtimoghadam, Erfan; Melo, Mary Anne; Weir, Michael; Xu, Huakun; Tayebi, Lobat; Nie, Ahihong; Depireux, Didier A.; and Masri, Radi, "Nanomagnetic-Mediated Drug Delivery for The Treatment of Dental Disease" (2018). School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications. 273.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/dentistry_fac/273
Comments
Accepted version. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 3 (April 2018): 919-927. DOI. © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Used with permission.