Sur­face coa­ting and MI­crost­ruc­tu­ring for com­po­und func­tio­na­Li­sEd bio­ma­te­ri­als in den­ti­stry - -​SMILE-

Pro­ject sum­ma­ry

Due to con­stant­ly in­crea­sing aes­the­tic re­qui­re­ments of pa­ti­ents in den­ti­stry/or­tho­don­ti­cs, new ma­te­ri­als/ma­te­ri­al com­bi­na­ti­ons, which can be used in the oral en­vi­ron­ment, are at­trac­ti­ve, since cera­mics, as an aes­the­tic ma­te­ri­al is un­ac­coun­ta­ble, for examp­le, due to the risk of ena­mel ab­ra­si­on es­pe­cial­ly in the lower jaw. The pro­ject aims to fa­bri­ca­te new func­tio­na­li­zed multi-​material bra­ckets (metal/po­ly­mer) for or­tho­don­tic ap­p­li­ca­ti­on, en­han­ced by an ad­di­ti­ve ma­nu­fac­tu­red me­tal­lic micro-​topology in­ter­face for se­cond ma­te­ri­al (po­ly­mer) ad­he­si­on gi­ving the bra­cket the final shape. Fur­ther­mo­re, an anti-​microbiological coa­ting with ca­ries pro­tec­ti­ve po­ten­ti­al to over­co­me the draw­backs of the po­ly­mer will func­tio­na­li­ze the com­po­si­te ma­te­ri­al sur­face of these braces, which will then be eva­lua­ted in-​vitro and in-​vivo for their me­cha­ni­cal and bio­lo­gi­cal pro­per­ties and the in­flu­en­ces and be­ha­viour in the oral en­vi­ron­ment, pro­ving the high be­ne­fit for pa­ti­ent’s aes­the­tics and tre­at­ment safe­ty.