A new dental restoration composite proves more durable than the conventional material
August 21, 2017 by Sonia Fernandez
Fewer trips to the dentist may be in your future, and you have mussels to thank.
Inspired by the mechanisms mussels use to adhere to inhospitable surfaces, UC Santa Barbara researchers have developed a new type of dental composite that provides an extra layer of durability to treated teeth. The potential payoff? Longer lasting fillings, crowns, implants and other work.
"It's as hard as a typical dental restoration but less likely to crack," Kollbe Ahn, a materials scientist at UCSB's Marine Science Institute, said of the composite. The research is highlighted in the journal Advanced Materials. The paper, of which Ahn is the corresponding author, is the result of collaboration between research and industry.
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