Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials
Open Access

Abstract

Nanotechnology, a conglomeration of the multidisciplines, includes biology, physics, engineering and chemistry. This field opened up to create new vistas for advancements in medical science and is providing novel approaches for disease diagnosis and prevention and promoting human health care. The ideology behind nanotechnology is to employ individual atoms and molecules to construct functional structures. These structures are highly specific to target the cellular and sub cellular (molecular) mechanisms of the body designed to achieve maximal therapeutic efficacy with minimal side effects. Various nanosystems can be successfully used as new drug carriers (drug delivery systems), and these nano-scale objects can deliver the repaired genes or replace the incorrect genes (gene delivery). Nanotechnology plays a vital role in the maintenance of comprehensive oral health by employing nanomaterials, including tissue engineering, and ultimately, dental nanorobots thus generating a part of predicted future.

Biography

Aparajita Sunkavalli, a dental practitioner and a Periodontist, has completed her postgraduation in Dentistry in 2011, from GITAM University,Visakhapatnam. She has published a handbook on ?The role of cytokines in Periodontal Diagnosis (2012)?, an article, i.e., letter to the editor in Oral Oncology (2012), an article under revision in Oral Diseases.