Bioceramics in endodontics: A review

Endodontics is medicine’s specialized branch that deals with dental care, and it focuses on inner soft tissues. Several dental disease and injuries are associated with the compromised health of the degradation of the various parts related to the inner soft tissues. Bioceramics are materials used for healing damaged parts of the teeth and they have to be biocompatible. The term “bioceramics” may be applied to the category of biomaterials that comprise ceramic as one of its constituents. These materials were developed to have biocompatibility with human tissue, and they were meant to be widely used in the repair and replacement of the organs in the musculoskeletal system. This review is an overview of bioceramics, classification, and their advantages. It also gives a detailed insight into the individual bioceramic materials currently used in the fields of endodontics along with their properties and applications.