Dentistry articles within Nature Communications

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  12 January 2024 | Open Access

  Lithiated porous silicon nanowires stimulate periodontal regeneration

  Prelithiation can introduce controllable amounts of lithium within porous silicon, however it yields a highly reactive material unsuitable for biomedicine. In this study, the authors present a strategy to lithiate porous silicon nanowires, resulting in a biocompatible and bioresorbable material.

  • Martti Kaasalainen
  • , Ran Zhang
  •  & Ciro Chiappini

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  24 November 2023 | Open Access

  A self-stabilized and water-responsive deliverable coenzyme-based polymer binary elastomer adhesive patch for treating oral ulcer

  The therapeutic benefits of biomaterials-based treatments for oral ulcer have been limited by the materials’ poor adhesion and short-time retention in oral cavity. Here, the authors report a polymer binary elastomer adhesive patch that allows water-responsive sustainable delivery of bioactive small molecules and durable adhesion to oral mucosal wounds to achieve efficient therapy of oral ulcer.

  • Chunyan Cui
  • , Li Mei
  •  & Wenguang Liu

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  24 May 2023 | Open Access

  Neural crest E-cadherin loss drives cleft lip/palate by epigenetic modulation via pro-inflammatory gene–environment interaction

  Cleft lip and palate is a common birth defect thought to involve both genetic and environmental components in its etiology. Here they identify a mechanism involving inflammation and E-cadherin mutations that reduces neural crest migration, leading to craniofacial defects.

  • Lucas Alvizi
  • , Diogo Nani
  •  & Roberto Mayor

• Article
  07 October 2022 | Open Access

  Nanoparticulate cell-free DNA scavenger for treating inflammatory bone loss in periodontitis

  Periodontitis is a common type of inflammatory bone loss, and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) can be a major source that enhances the periodontal tissue destruction. Here, the authors show that a cfDNA-scavenging approach is able to ameliorate periodontitis by using nanoparticulate cfDNA scavenger.

  • Hanyao Huang
  • , Weiyi Pan
  •  & Kam W. Leong

• Article
  29 July 2022 | Open Access

  Pyro-catalysis for tooth whitening via oral temperature fluctuation

  Tooth whitening becoming a common cosmetic treatment has led to the development of catalytic whitening solutions. Here, the authors report upon a thermally triggered, pyrocatalytic, catalyst which can use temperature changes from normal oral activity to breakdown stains and whiten teeth.

  • Yang Wang
  • , Shuhao Wang
  •  & Xuliang Deng

• Article
  19 April 2022 | Open Access

  A fully automatic AI system for tooth and alveolar bone segmentation from cone-beam CT images

  Accurate delineation of individual teeth and alveolar bones from dental cone-beam CT images is an essential step in digital dentistry for precision dental healthcare. Here, the authors present a deep learning system for efficient, precise, and fully automatic segmentation of real-patient CBCT images presenting highly variable appearances.

  • Zhiming Cui
  • , Yu Fang
  •  & Dinggang Shen

• Article
  12 March 2020 | Open Access

  Piezo-catalysis for nondestructive tooth whitening

  Tooth whitening has attracted significant interest; however, most techniques are potentially destructive. Here, the authors model the replacement of standard abrasives in toothpaste with piezoelectric particles for catalytic degradation of organic stains and report less damage than hydrogen peroxide treatment.

  • Yang Wang
  • , Xinrong Wen
  •  & Yaojin Wang

• Article
  08 August 2019 | Open Access

  Computer simulations of food oral processing to engineer teeth cleaning

  Oral care based foods are of great interest for increasing the dental health of animals. Here, the authors report on computer simulations to optimise the texture and geometry of food in order to maximise tooth abrasion and enhance cleaning efficiency.

  • C. G. Skamniotis
  • , M. Elliott
  •  & M. N. Charalambides

• Article
  12 April 2016 | Open Access

  Parathyroid hormone receptor signalling in osterix-expressing mesenchymal progenitors is essential for tooth root formation

  How the parathyroid hormone-related protein receptor (PPR) and its ligand act in root formation and tooth eruption is unclear. Here, the authors identify osterix-expressing dental mesenchymal cells as progenitors for root formation and that PPR signalling mediates their differentiation and tooth eruption.

  • Wanida Ono
  • , Naoko Sakagami
  •  & Henry M. Kronenberg