Smart materials are designed materials that have one or more properties that can be changed in a controlled fashion by external stimuli; such as stress, temperature, moisture, pH, electric or magnetic fields. In dentistry, smart materials would potentially allow new and ground-breaking dental therapies with a significantly enhanced clinical outcome of treatments. On the other hand, bioactive materials are defined as materials which have an effect on or elicit a response from a living tissue, organisms or cells as inducing the formation of hydroxyapatite. As the saying goes, “Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.” Thereby in the interest of all the dentists the introduction of smart materials have been made, which would help them to be more conservative and efficient with their treatment plans.
Key words: Smart dental materials, smart dentistry.

Corresponding Author: Dr. Vinisha Pandey, Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Institute of Dental Studies & Technologies (IDST), Kadrabad, Modinagar, Uttar Pardesh, India

This article may be cited as: Jalewa S, Pandey V. Smart Dentistry: “Smartness at hand”. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(1):46-53.