Recent Smart Dental Materials

Abstract

Smart materials have an integral competence to sense and react according to the variations in the environment. They can respond to the stimuli and changes in the surrounding environment by activating their functions accordingly and hence they are termed as” responsive materials”. These materials have properties that can be altered in a measured way by stimuli such as stress, temperature, moisture, pH, electric, or magnetic fields. Several smart dental materials present re-cently in dental market such as smart resin composite, glass ionomer, pit and fissure sealants, en-dodontic instrument, orthodontic wires, silicone elastomer, bite registration material and thermo-chromic toothbrushes. These materials would potentially provide an innovative dental service with enhanced clinical outcome of the handling procedures.