title: Nanotechnology in dentistry.
abstract: Nanotechnology is manipulating matter at nanometer level and the application of the same to medicine is called nanomedicine. Nanotechnology holds promise for advanced diagnostics, targeted drug delivery, and biosensors. In the long-term, medical nanorobots will allow instant pathogen diagnosis and extermination, individual cell surgery in vivo, and improvement of natural physiological function. Current research is focusing on fabrication of nanostructures, nanoactuators, and nanomotors, along with means to assemble them into larger systems, economically and in great numbers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Alapakkam Main Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai 600 095. sr_vijayalakshmi@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Kumar R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Saravana
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vijayalakshmi
mesh_terms: D003764:Dental Materials; D003813:Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D049329:Nanostructures; D036103:Nanotechnology
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials