Emerging Nanotechnologies in Dentistry

CHAPTER 1 Nanotechnology and the future of Dentistry
CHAPTER 2 Nanoparticles for Dental Materials: Synthesis, analysis and Applications
CHAPTER 3 Antimicrobial nanoparticles in Restorative Composites
CHAPTER 4 Nanotechnology in operative dentistry: a perspective approach of history, mechanical behavior and clinical application
CHAPTER 5 Nanotechnology and dental implants
CHAPTER 6 Titanium surface modification techniques for dental implants - From microscale to nanoscale
CHAPTER 7 Titanium nanotubes as carriers of osteogenic growth factors and antibacterial drugs for applications in dental implantology
CHAPTER 8 Cellular responses to nanoscale surface modifications of titanium implants for dentistry and bone tissue engineering applications
CHAPTER 9 Corrosion Resistance of Ti6Al4V with Nanostructured TiO2 Coatings
CHAPTER 10 Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes/Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles incorporated GTR membranes
CHAPTER 11 Fabrication of PEG hydrogel micropatterns by Soft-photolithography and PEG hydrogel as Guided Bone Regeneration membrane in dental implantology
CHAPTER 12 Nano-Apatitic Composite Scaffolds for Stem Cell Delivery and Bone Tissue Engineering
CHAPTER 13 Self-assembly of Proteins and Peptides and their applications in Bionanotechnology and Dentistry
CHAPTER 14 Bone regeneration using self-assembled nanoparticle based scaffolds
CHAPTER 15 Surface engineering of Dental Tools with diamond for improved life and performance
CHAPTER 16 Nanomechanical characterization of mineralized tissues in the oral cavity
CHAPTER 17 Nanoindentation techniques for the determination of mechanical properties of materials in dentistry
CHAPTER 18 Nanocharacterisation techniques for dental implant development
CHAPTER 19 Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems for Oral Cancer Treatment
CHAPTER 20 Carbon nanotubes in cancer therapy and drug delivery
CHAPTER 21 Nanodiagnostics in Microbiology and Dentistry

Assistant Professor of Dental Medicine at Roseman University of Health Sciences, USA. He was the recipient of the prestigious 2006 Andre Schroeder Research Prize from Straumann (Switzerland) for his innovative research findings during his Biomedical Nanotechnology degree program in the United Kingdom. Dr. Subramani was involved in the International Team for Implantology (ITI) funded research projects in Switzerland, the Netherlands and in the USA. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed research papers and review manuscripts and has authored numerous book chapters. He is also the editor of the Elsevier book Nanomaterials in Clinical Dentistry together with Waqar Ahmed. Professor of Nanotechnology at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. His research interests include the synthesis of nanomaterials and nanoparticles and their applications in medicine, dentistry and energy applications