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Publications > Academic Bulletin > Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics
Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics
Acting Chair:
Louis Terracio, PhD
Overview
The department has a long history of academic performance with contributions
to all programs of the College. Biomaterials play a fundamental role in
most dental diagnostic and restorative procedures. The department’s
programs are enhanced by a long history of funded research and an extensively
equipped research suite for biomaterials development and characterization,
much of it centered around new materials, biological models, calcium phosphate
chemistry, and investigations on hard tissue architecture and regeneration.
Curriculum
First and Second Years
The Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics contributes to the undergraduate
dental educational program with lectures and laboratory exercises that
are integrated into freshman and sophomore General Dentistry Simulation
Programs to provide timely presentation of biomaterials course content.
Third
and Fourth Years
These first two years programs are then enhanced by presentations integrated
into the junior-year program covering the latest research findings and
the translation of these into new clinical techniques and restorative
and reconstructive philosophies. This requires close coordination with
the other clinical departments of the Division of Reconstructive and
Comprehensive Care and with the Division of Diagnostics, Infectious
Disease, and Health Promotion.
The department’s educational and research role is enhanced by
the M.S. Degree Program in Biomaterials and Biomimetics, offered in
collaboration with the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science. This
provides the opportunity for dental graduate and postgraduate students
to work on a broad range of research projects in collaboration with
graduate students with materials and engineering backgrounds. The student
educational experience is also strengthened by interaction with visiting
scholars from other research institutions from around the world.
Research
- Selective
removal of carious dentin with polymer burs
- Microtensile
bond strength of adhesives to enamel, dentin, and ceramics
- Fatigue
and damage in dental ceramic crown structures
- Enhance
deposition of calcium phosphates on metal surfaces by selective surface
treatments
- Electrochemical
deposition of adherent coatings consisting of apatites, substituted
apatites, or related calcium phosphates on Ti and Ti alloy
- Modification
of surface composition and properties of Ti and Ti alloy substrates
- Biomimetic
methods of depositing coatings on implants
- Role of
defined surface topographical features on implant tissue interactions
- Role of
implant architecture at micro-, meso-, and macrolevels on induction
of bone
- Role of
implant features on control of transcutaneous tissues for neurological
leads
- Cell/materials
interaction with bone graft materials using osteoblast-like, odontoblast-like,
or periodontal ligament cells
- Biomimetic
growth of calcium phosphates on enamel or dentin surfaces
- Calcium
phosphate-based biomaterials (ceramics, cements, composites) and scaffolds
for engineered tissue response
- Surface
preparation methods and
treatments on directed recalcification of enamel
- Fatigue
of implant abutment fixtures
- Hertzian
contact response of dental hard tissues
These projects
involve high school students, dental students, postgraduate dentists,
M.S. students, faculty, and visiting scholars and researchers.
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