Antimicrobial peptide-based materials: Opportunities and challenges

A Rai, R Ferrão, P Palma, T Patricio… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The multifunctional properties of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) make them attractive
candidates for the treatment of various diseases. AMPs are considered as alternatives to …

The overview of antimicrobial peptide‐coated implants against oral bacterial infections

Z Sun, L Ma, X Sun, AJ Sloan… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dental implants are the most common therapeutic approach for resolving tooth loss and
damage. Despite technical advances in treatment, implant failure rates can be as high as …

Multifunctional antibacterial chitosan-based hydrogel coatings on Ti6Al4V biomaterial for biomedical implant applications

JA Del Olmo, L Pérez-Álvarez, VS Martínez… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Among biomedical community, great efforts have been realized to develop antibacterial
coatings that avoid implant-associated infections. To date, conventional mono-functional …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial resistance to nanotechnologies: An important but understudied consideration using antimicrobial nanotechnologies in orthopaedic implants

Z Wu, B Chan, J Low, JJH Chu, HWD Hey, A Tay - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial resistance to current antibiotics therapies is a major cause of implant failure and
adverse clinical outcomes in orthopaedic surgery. Recent developments in advanced …

Fitting pieces into the puzzle: The impact of titanium-based dental implant surface modifications on bacterial accumulation and polymicrobial infections

RC Costa, BE Nagay, M Bertolini… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymicrobial infection is the main cause of dental implant failure. Although numerous
studies have reported the ability of titanium (Ti) surface modifications to inhibit microbial …

The race for the optimal antimicrobial surface: perspectives and challenges related to plasma electrolytic oxidation coating for titanium-based implants

RC Costa, BE Nagay, C Dini, MHR Borges… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) is a low-cost, structurally reliable, and environmentally
friendly surface modification method for orthopedic and dental implants. This technique is …

Oral microorganisms and biofilms: new insights to defeat the main etiologic factor of oral diseases

M Bertolini, RC Costa, VAR Barão, CC Villar… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The oral cavity presents a highly diverse community of microorganisms due to the unique
environmental conditions for microbial adhesion and growth [1]. The range of habitats and …

Latest trends in surface modification for dental implantology: Innovative developments and analytical applications

F Accioni, J Vázquez, M Merinero, B Begines… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
An increase in the world population and its life expectancy, as well as the ongoing concern
about our physical appearance, have elevated the relevance of dental implantology in …

A polydopamine-assisted strontium-substituted apatite coating for titanium promotes osteogenesis and angiogenesis via FAK/MAPK and PI3K/AKT signaling pathways

Y Sun, Y Li, Y Zhang, T Wang, K Lin, J Liu - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Early osteointegration is essential for biomedical implants. Surface modifications can
significantly compensate for an implant's lack of biocompatibility and osteo-differentiation …

Antimicrobial and antibiofilm coating of dental implants—past and new perspectives

GM Esteves, J Esteves, M Resende, L Mendes… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Regarded as one of the best solutions to replace missing teeth in the oral cavity, dental
implants have been the focus of plenty of studies and research in the past few years …