Thangavelu Lakshmi, Veeraragavan Geetha Royapuram, Mallineni Sreekanth Kumar, Devaraj Ezhilarasan, Parameswari Royapuram Parthasarathy, Syed Nazmul Huda, Dua Kamal, Chellappan Dinesh Kumar, Balusamy Sri Renukadevi, Bhawal Ujjal K
Department of Pharmacology, Mandy Dental College, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
Bioinorg Chem Appl. 2022 Mar 17;2022:1946724. doi: 10.1155/2022/1946724. eCollection 2022.
Environmental damage is without a doubt one of the most serious issues confronting society today. As dental professionals, we must recognize that some of the procedures and techniques we have been using may pose environmental risks. The usage and discharge of heavy metals from dental set-ups pollute the environment and pose a serious threat to the ecosystem. Due to the exclusive properties of nanosized particles, nanotechnology is a booming field that is being extensively studied for the remediation of pollutants. Given that the nanoparticles have a high surface area to volume ratio and significantly greater reactivity, they have been greatly considered for environmental remediation. This review aims at identifying the heavy metal sources and their environmental impact in dentistry and provides insights into the usage of nanoparticles in environmental remediation. Although the literature on various functions of inorganic nanoparticles in environmental remediation was reviewed, the research is still confined to laboratory set-ups and there is a need for more studies on the usage of nanoparticles in environmental remediation.
环境破坏无疑是当今社会面临的最严重问题之一。作为牙科专业人员，我们必须认识到，我们一直在使用的一些程序和技术可能会带来环境风险。牙科设备中重金属的使用和排放污染了环境，并对生态系统构成严重威胁。由于纳米颗粒的独特性质，纳米技术是一个蓬勃发展的领域，正在被广泛研究用于污染物的修复。鉴于纳米颗粒具有高的表面积与体积比和显著更高的反应活性，它们在环境修复方面受到了极大的关注。本综述旨在确定牙科中重金属的来源及其对环境的影响，并深入探讨纳米颗粒在环境修复中的应用。尽管对无机纳米颗粒在环境修复中的各种功能的文献进行了综述，但研究仍局限于实验室环境，需要更多关于纳米颗粒在环境修复中应用的研究。
