Guest Editors
Shunli Zheng, Associate Professor, College & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University, China.
Dr. Shunli Zheng is currently working at College & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University (AHMU), China. She obtained her Ph.D. degree at the College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA). During her Ph.D. study, she was awarded a visiting scholarship from NUAA to study at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). After obtaining her Ph.D. degree, she joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering at NTU and became a Postdoc Research Fellow from December 2016 to January 2019. Her current research interest mainly focuses on the surface modification of dental restorative resin and the construction of anti-biofouling materials. She is now responsible for 6 items of research projects competitively granted from Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, and other institutions. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. According to Google Scholar, these papers have received over 940 citations with an h-index of 14. She is also a reviewer for more than 10 international academic journals and reviewed more than 100 journals papers.
Xiangyang Li, Associate Professor, College & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University, China.
Dr. Xiangyang Li received his doctoral degree from Southwest Jiaotong University, China in 2019. Dr. Li is working at College & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University as an associate professor now. He is specializing in renewing materials about vascularization and bone regeneration. Special attention is dedicated to nanocoating and multifunction surface fabricating. Dr. Li’s work has been published in more than 20 peer-reviewed top-tier journals and served as a reviewer of several journals.
May Lei Mei, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Prof. May Lei Mei is an associate professor in restorative dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, New Zealand. Dr. Mei’s research focuses on cariology, in particular, the development of novel bioactive materials for caries management, the effect of silver diamine fluoride on mineralized tissue, collagen, and biofilm.
KC Li, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Dr. KC Li is a senior lecturer in biomaterials science at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Dr. Li's research is on the analysis of amorphous and crystalline dental materials, relating their structure, composition, and thermal/mechanical properties to their survivability in clinical use. To replicate such conditions, Dr. Li regularly employs custom models to simulate in vivo conditions and finite element methods to understand and predict the failure of materials.
Summary
Human diseases are often derived from the defect or injury of tissues and organs, which can spread to the lesions of multiple organs, and even lead to the failure of multiple organs. If the tissues and organs can be repaired or regenerated timely, or even replaced in the early stage in the case of individual tissue or organ lesions, the patient's condition can be improved and the progression of the disease could be retarded. In recent years, restorative and regenerative materials based on biomedicine have been widely investigated in basic and clinical research. Such kinds of materials involving resin, implant, scaffold, bioceramic, and hydrogel are committed to promoting repair and regeneration of the body, so as to improve and renew the function of injured tissues and organs; or to construct new tissues and organs to replace the damaged tissues and organs and achieve the reconstruction of normal functions. Accordingly, the physical and chemical properties such as mechanical stability, wear resistance, wettability, and biological performances including biocompatibility, biomechanics, anti-bacteria, mineralization, cell proliferation, osteogenesis, vascularization for these kinds of materials also become the research focuses at present.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for both research scientists and clinicians in basic and clinical research of restorative and regenerative materials for their potential biomedical applications. It will cover materials processing, characterization, simulation, performance evaluation, and so on. Potential topics include but are not limited to the research areas above. Other sub-topics as long as they align with the general theme of the Special Issue are also encouraged. The original research articles, review articles, and case studies are welcome.
Keywords
restorative and regenerative materials, mechanical stability, biocompatibility, biomechanics, anti-bacteria, mineralization, cell proliferation, osteogenesis, vascularization
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