Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Department of Experimental Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Curr Med Chem. 2018;25(42):6002-6012. doi: 10.2174/0929867325666180510142937.
Polymers have wide applications in medicine, including dentistry, i.e. in prosthetic dentistry.
The following paper is aimed at demonstrating the applications of selected modern polymers in prosthetic dentistry based on the reported literature.
The study was conducted using the PubMed, SCOPUS and CINAHL databases in relation to documents published during 1999-2017. The following keywords were used: polymers with prosthetic dentistry, impression materials, denture base materials, bite registration materials, denture soft liners, occlusal splint materials and 3D printing. Original papers and reviews which were significant from the modern clinical viewpoint and practical validity in relation to the possibility of using polymeric materials in prosthetic dentistry were presented.
Denture base materials were the most commonly modified polymers. Modifications mainly concerned antimicrobial properties and reinforcement of the material structure by introducing additional fibers. Antimicrobial modifications were also common in case of relining materials.
Polymeric materials have widely been used in prosthetic dentistry. Modifications of their composition allow achieving new, beneficial properties that affect the quality of patients' life. Progress in science allows for a more methodologically-advanced research on the synthesis of new polymeric materials and incorporation of new substances into already known polymeric materials, that will require systematization and appropriate classification.
聚合物在医学领域有广泛的应用，包括牙科，如在义齿修复学中。
本文旨在基于文献报道，展示几种现代聚合物在义齿修复学中的应用。
本研究使用了 PubMed、SCOPUS 和 CINAHL 数据库，检索了 1999 年至 2017 年期间发表的文献。使用的关键词为：具有义齿修复用途的聚合物、印模材料、义齿基托材料、咬合记录材料、义齿软衬材料、咬合板材料和 3D 打印。本文纳入了具有现代临床意义和实际有效性的原始论文和综述，这些论文和综述涉及在义齿修复中使用聚合物材料的可能性。
义齿基托材料是最常被改性的聚合物。改性主要涉及抗菌性能和通过引入额外纤维增强材料结构。在衬里材料中也常见抗菌改性。
聚合物材料在义齿修复学中得到了广泛应用。其组成的改性可获得新的有益性能，从而影响患者的生活质量。科学的进步允许对新的聚合物材料的合成以及将新物质纳入已知聚合物材料进行更具方法学的先进研究，这将需要系统化和适当的分类。
