Title

Smart dental restoratives: Bioactive, responsive and therapeutic innovations

Authors

Abinaya Raju¹,*, Shruti Bassi², Fajar Fatima³, Mahnoor Ali⁴, Prachod Krishnan⁵ & Kinza Qureshi⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Dentistry, Punjab Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab, India; ³Department of Dentistry, Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad, Pakistan; ⁴Department of Dentistry, Watim Medical and Dental College and Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; ⁵Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College & Hospital, Chennai, India; ⁶Department of Prosthodontics, Women Medical and Dental College, Abbottabad, KPK, Pakistan; *Corresponding author

Email

Abinaya Raju - E-mail: abinayaselvam202@gmail.com
Shruti Bassi - E-mail: sr88bassi@gmail.com
Fajar Fatima - E-mail: fjrfatima5@gmail.com
Mahnoor Ali - E-mail: mahnooralifaraz@gmail.com
Prachod Krishnan - E-mail: pkrishnanom@gmail.com
Kinza Qureshi - E-mail: kinza309@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2026; Revised September 30, 2026; Accepted September 30, 2026, Published September 30, 2026
 

Abstract

Conventional restorative materials mainly replace lost tooth structure without actively responding to the oral environment. Smart restorative biomaterials introduce bioactive and stimulus-responsive properties to enable dynamic therapeutic functions. They can respond to pH, temperature, light and mechanical stress to deliver antimicrobial, remineralizing and regenerative effects. Emerging evidence suggests improved restoration longevity, reduced secondary caries and enhanced tissue healing with these materials. These advances may transform restorative dentistry toward precision-based, minimally invasive and biologically interactive clinical care.

Keywords

Smart restorative materials (SRMs), nanocomposites, bioactive ceramics, smart hydrogels, stimuli-responsive biomaterials, biomimetic dental materials

Citation

Raju et al. Bioinformation 22(9): 6046-6051 (2026)

Edited by

Ruby Singh

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.