Application and potential future directions of self-healing polymers in dentistry.

Author: Xiao-Xi WANG ¹ ; Shuo YAO ¹ ; Chuan-Jian ZHOU ² ; Jun-Ling WU ¹
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1. Dept. of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Shandong University, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Oral Tissue Regeneration, Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Dental Materials and Oral Tissue Regeneration, Jinan 250012, China.
2. Research Institute of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: dental resins; micro-cracks; microcapsules; polymer materials; self-healing
MeSH: Capsules; Dentistry; Polymers
From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2020;38(1):75-79
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Self-healing materials have rapidly developed in recent years to overcome the micro-cracks occurring in the polymer matrix. Self-healing ability offers autonomous crack repairs to prolong the service lives of polymers or polymer composites. As a main approach, extrinsic self-healing materials based on microcapsules have been applied in dentistry recently. This paper comprehensively presented and reviewed the definition and classification of self-healing materials, the synthesis of microcapsules, the calculation of self-healing efficiency, and the application of self-healing materials in dentistry. The future directions of self-healing polymers are also discussed.