Grafeno: propriedade e indicações na odontologia: revisão de literatura

Abstract

Graphene has been increasingly highlighted in the dental scene as a promising nanomaterial in tissue engineering. In addition to its excellent properties such as mechanical resistance, electrical conductivity and thermal stability, graphene and its products have characteristics with bioactive molecules. It can also be incorporated into different scaffolds used in regenerative dentistry to produce nanocomposites with improved properties. This work aims to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of using graphene in dentistry in relation to its properties and main indications for the application of graphene-based nanomaterials in dentistry. We will first discuss the evaluation of the characteristics of graphene in relation to its biocompatibility and properties. Then the list of advantages and disadvantages of graphene. Special attention will be given to the analysis of the main possibilities and indications of graphene in the dental field, as well asthe exposition of the technique for making and producing the material. Thisis a narrative literature review, with a descriptive character and a qualitative approach. As inclusion criteria, studies and researches that discuss the theme of this work were accepted, published in the form of a scientific article, with no limit on publication data, in English and Portuguese. Studies irrelevant to the topic of this work and studies with a scientific basis were excluded.