Toxicology of antimicrobial nanoparticles for prosthetic devices

Rosa Elvira Nuñez-Anita, Laura Susana Acosta-Torres, Jorge Vilar-Pineda, Juan Carlos Martínez-Espinosa, Javier de la Fuente-Hernández, Víctor Manuel Castaño

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Advances in nanotechnology are producing an accelerated proliferation of new nanomaterial composites that are likely to become an important source of engineered health-related products. Nanoparticles with antifungal effects are of great interest in the formulation of microbicidal materials. Fungi are found as innocuous commensals and colonize various habitats in and on humans, especially the skin and mucosa. As growth on surfaces is a natural part of the Candida spp. lifestyle, one can expect that Candida organisms colonize prosthetic devices, such as dentures. Macromolecular systems, due to their properties, allow efficient use of these materials in various fields, including the creation of reinforced nanoparticle polymers with antimicrobial activity. This review briefly summarizes the results of studies conducted during the past decade and especially in the last few years focused on the toxicity of different antimicrobial polymers and factors influencing their activities, as well as the main applications of antimicrobial polymers in dentistry. The present study addresses aspects that are often overlooked in nanotoxicology studies, such as careful time-dependent characterization of agglomeration and ion release.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)3999-4006
Número de páginas8
PublicaciónInternational Journal of Nanomedicine
Volumen9
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 20 ago. 2014

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