Table 1.

Carriers of drug delivery systems(DDS) and the application in oral infectious diseases.

Types of Carriers		Application Oral Diseases	Composition
micro/nano particles	micro/nano sphere	dental caries [31,35] periodontitis [38] implant coating [50,51] oral candidiasis [52]	PLGA, PDLLA, PEG and biopolymers like lipid, chitosan, pectin, and alginate
	nanofiber	periodontitis [19] oral candidiasis [53] implant coating [43]
	nano capsule	dental resin modification [42]
hydrogel		dental caries [54] periodontitis [55,56] oral candidiasis [57]	Hydrophilic groups such as –OH, –CONH–, –CONH2–
dendrimer		dental caries [58]	PAMAM, poly(aryl ether)