Chapter 13 - Silver nanoparticles and their role in the treatment of endodontic infections

Anelise Viapiana Masiero; Fernando Branco Barletta; Michael Ramos Nunes; William Gustavo Sganzerla; Michelle Cristina Erckmann; Cleonice Gonçalves da Rosa

doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-15343-3.00011-5

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Chapter 13 - Silver nanoparticles and their role in the treatment of endodontic infections

Anelise Viapiana Masiero, Fernando Branco Barletta, Michael Ramos Nunes, William Gustavo Sganzerla, Michelle Cristina Erckmann and Cleonice Gonçalves da Rosa

Silver Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery, pp.289-311

Elsevier Inc

2024

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-15343-3.00011-5

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Abstract

The human beings throughout their lives are often infected by microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, yeasts, and viruses. Contaminations by microorganisms are responsible for the main oral problems. In endodontics, elimination or significant reduction of these microorganisms is directly related to the treatment success. Despite all the technological advances, the improvement of cleaning and shaping techniques which has been developed in recent decades, there is no significant increase in the success rates. The failures are mostly related to persistence and/or resistance of microbial infections to the complexity of root anatomy, technical quality of the professional and operative errors . Thus, this chapter aims, through a literature review, to analyze the possibilities of application of AgNPs in different phases of endodontic treatment, as a possible adjunct in the treatment of endodontic infections, assuming that AgNPs have among others properties, antimicrobial activity, and can reach areas untouched by the chemical-mechanical preparation of the root canal system.

Dentistry

Nanotechnology

endodontic infection

Endodontic treatment

silver nanoparticle

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Title: Subtitle: Chapter 13 - Silver nanoparticles and their role in the treatment of endodontic infections
Creators: Anelise Viapiana Masiero - University of Iowa
Fernando Branco Barletta - Universidade Luterana do Brasil
Michael Ramos Nunes - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Santa Catarina
William Gustavo Sganzerla - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Michelle Cristina Erckmann - Universidade do Planalto Catarinense
Cleonice Gonçalves da Rosa - Universidade do Planalto Catarinense
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Silver Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery, pp.289-311
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-15343-3.00011-5
Language: English
Date published: 2024
Academic Unit: Endodontics
Record Identifier: 9984658258802771

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