| ZnO NPs incorporated into resin composite |
– Evaluating the effect of ZnO NPs incorporated into resin composite for the potential one-step treatment of caries lesion |
– The loading of ZnO NPs on the demineralized dental surface and their infiltration power were significantly improved when ZnO NPs were carried by the resin |
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| SYNT–ZnO NPs |
– Evaluation of the compressive strength and radiopacity of calcium silicate cement containing ZnO NPs |
– Incorporation of ZnO NPs increased compressive strength and radiopacity |
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| ZnO/AgNPs in a composite resin |
– Application of Ag doped ZnO NPs in a composite resin |
– The nanospheres of ZnO/Ag lead to a better biofilm inhibition |
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| – The nanospheres of ZnO/Ag could be a good option as a new restorative material |
| Polymerized acrylic resins-ZnO NPs |
– Evaluation of incorporating zinc oxide NPsto autopolymerized acrylic resins on their flexural strength |
– The incorporation of zinc oxide NPs has a significant effect on the flexural strength of auto-polymerized acrylic resins |
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| ZnO NP–glass ionomer cement |
– Evaluation of properties of glass ionomer cement reinforced with ZnO NP |
– Addition of ZnO NPs to type IIa GIC led to a marginal increase in mechanical properties |
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| GIC–ZnO NP |
– Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of zinc oxide NPs incorporated into selfcured glass ionomer cement (GIC) and light-cured resin-reinforced GIC on Streptococcus mutans biofilm |
– A low concentration of NPs does not improve the antibacterial properties of the GIC |
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| ZnO NP–PMMA resin |
– Evaluation of the antifungal activity of ZnO NPs against Candida albicans
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– Addition of ZnO NPs to PMMA resin increased antifungal activity |
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| PC–ZrO2–ZnO NPs |
– Evaluating the antibiofilm activity against Enterococcus faecalis and radiopacity, compressive strength of Portland cement (PC) added to zirconium oxide (ZrO2), with ZnO NPs |
– The addition of nanoparticulated ZnO decreased the compressive strength of PC |
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| – All materials presented higher radiopacity and antibiofilm activity than pure PC |
| – The presence of ZnO (5% or 10%) significantly decreased the compressive strength of the materials |
| ZnO NP–glass ionomer cement |
– Evaluating antibacterial and mechanical properties of ZnO NP to the conventional glass ionomer cement |
– GIC incorporated with 3% w/w concentration of size ZnO NP was the best alternative to conventional GIC for restorative purposes which provides greater antibacterial property |
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| – Incorporation of ZnO NPs has no significant difference over the mechanical properties of set glass ionomer cement |
| Flowable resin composites containing ZnO NPs |
– Evaluating the physical–mechanical properties and antibacterial activity of resin composites containing ZnO NPs against Streptococcus mutans
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– The ZnO containing resins show significantly lower depth of cure, and higher bond strength |
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| – The flexural strength and compressive modulus remain unchanged by incorporation of NPs |
| – Compressive strength and flexural modulus significantly increase |
| – Antibacterial activity significantly increases |
| Amalgam–Al2O3–ZnO NP |
– Hardness improvement of dental amalgam using Al2O3–ZnO NP |
– Al2O3 NPs as filler improved hardness of dental amalgam material |
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| – The hardness of Silverfil increased as the percentage of ZnO loading increased |
| ZnO and ZnO:Ag nano sealers |
– Evaluation of microleakage and antibacterial properties of prepared ZnO and ZnO:Ag nano sealer |
– Ag doped ZnO nanopowders for using as sealer exhibit better microleakage and antibacterial properties comparing to common sealer |
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| ZnO/MgO nanocomposite in zinc polycarboxylate dental cement |
– Characterization of NPs and nanocomposite of ZnO and MgO for zinc polycarboxylate dental cement preparation |
– The zinc polycarboxylate dental cements obtained by synthesized nano-scale powders revealed excellent mechanical strength |
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| – Zinc polycarboxylate dental cement had higher strength than conventional Harvard and Adhesor zinc polycarboxylate cements |
| – Mechanical strength of dental cements was dependent on composition size scale |
| ZnO-NP-containing composites |
– Evaluation of the antibacterial effectiveness of ZnO-NPs against Streptococcus sobrinus
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– An 80% reduction in bacterial counts was observed with 10% ZnO-NP-containing composites |
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