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REVIEW article

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.
Sec. Nanobiotechnology
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1473126

Research progress of piezoelectric materials in protecting oral health and treating oral diseases: a mini-review

Provisionally accepted
Tingyu Yang Tingyu Yang Rina Sa Rina Sa Furong Wang Furong Wang Chen Chen Chen Chen Lanbing Zheng Lanbing Zheng *
  • Inner Mongolia Fourth Hospital, Hohhot, China

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    Piezoelectric materials, as a class of materials capable of generating electrical charges under mechanical vibration, have special piezoelectric effects and have been widely applied in various disease treatment fields. People generate vibrations in the oral cavity during daily activities such as brushing teeth, using electric toothbrushes, chewing, and speaking. These natural vibrations (or external ultrasound) provide ideal conditions for activating piezoelectric materials, leading to their high potential applications in protecting oral health and treating oral diseases. Based on this, this review reports on the research progress and trends of piezoelectric materials in the protection of oral health and the treatment of oral diseases in the past five years, and discusses its treatment mechanism, challenges and shortcomings, aiming to provide theoretical basis and new ideas for the future application of piezoelectric materials in the field of oral cavity. Finally, a brief outlook is provided, suggesting that the potential of piezoelectric materials may enable them to quickly move towards real clinical applications.

    Keywords: Piezoelectric material, teeth whitening, oral disease treatment, Treatment mechanism, ROS, Electrical Stimulation

    Received: 08 Aug 2024; Accepted: 02 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Yang, Sa, Wang, Chen and Zheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Lanbing Zheng, Inner Mongolia Fourth Hospital, Hohhot, China

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