Issue 8, 2024

Nanochemistry of gold: from surface engineering to dental healthcare applications

Abstract

Advancements in nanochemistry have led to the development of engineered gold nanostructures (GNSs) with remarkable potential for a variety of dental healthcare applications. These innovative nanomaterials offer unique properties and functionalities that can significantly improve dental diagnostics, treatment, and overall oral healthcare applications. This review provides an overview of the latest advancements in the design, synthesis, and application of GNSs for dental healthcare applications. Engineered GNSs have emerged as versatile tools, demonstrating immense potential across different aspects of dentistry, including enhanced imaging and diagnosis, prevention, bioactive coatings, and targeted treatment of oral diseases. Key highlights encompass the precise control over GNSs' size, crystal structure, shape, and surface functionalization, enabling their integration into sensing, imaging diagnostics, drug delivery systems, and regenerative therapies. GNSs, with their exceptional biocompatibility and antimicrobial properties, have demonstrated efficacy in combating dental caries, periodontitis, peri-implantitis, and oral mucosal diseases. Additionally, they show great promise in the development of advanced sensing techniques for early diagnosis, such as nanobiosensor technology, while their role in targeted drug delivery, photothermal therapy, and immunomodulatory approaches has opened new avenues for oral cancer therapy. Challenges including long-term toxicity, biosafety, immune recognition, and personalized treatment are under rigorous investigation. As research at the intersection of nanotechnology and dentistry continues to thrive, this review highlights the transformative potential of engineered GNSs in revolutionizing dental healthcare, offering accurate, personalized, and minimally invasive solutions to address the oral health challenges of the modern era.

Graphical abstract: Nanochemistry of gold: from surface engineering to dental healthcare applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
13 10 2023
First published
19 3 2024

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024,53, 3656-3686

Nanochemistry of gold: from surface engineering to dental healthcare applications

S. Zhang, N. Kong, Z. Wang, Y. Zhang, C. Ni, L. Li, H. Wang, M. Yang, W. Yang and F. Yan, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 3656 DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00894K

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