Dental materials and restorations
Dental materials and restorations is a research topic within Orthodontics. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on advancements in dental restorative materials, including adhesive bonding, composite resins, ceramic restorations, and the use of CAD/CAM technology. It covers topics such as polymerization shrinkage, dentin structure, and the results of clinical trials evaluating various dental materials for tooth restoration.
- Dental Materials
- Restorative Dentistry
- Adhesive Bonding
- Composite Resins
- Ceramic Restorations
- Dentin Structure
- CAD/CAM Technology
- Polymerization Shrinkage
- Clinical Trials
- Tooth Restoration
- Research works
- 55k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +35% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Dental materials and restorations research?
By volume, India and Brazil publish the most (1.4k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 1.4k works
- 2 Brazil 1.1k works
- 3 China 938 works
- 4 Türkiye 894 works
- 5 United States 858 works
- 6 Egypt 657 works
- 7 Saudi Arabia 524 works
- 8 Iran 387 works
- 9 Germany 358 works
- 10 Italy 303 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Dental materials and restorations research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Dental materials and restorations research, followed by Saveetha University and King Saud University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 126 works
- 2 Saveetha University India 109 works
- 3 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 108 works
- 4 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Brazil 98 works
- 5 Cairo University Egypt 84 works
- 6 Mansoura University Egypt 79 works
- 7 Stomatology Hospital China 79 works
- 8 Alexandria University Egypt 66 works
- 9 Ain Shams University Egypt 64 works
- 10 University of Baghdad Iraq 61 works
Who are the leading researchers in Dental materials and restorations?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Dental materials and restorations include Falk Schwendicke, Paul K. Chu and Rui L. Reis.
- 1 Falk Schwendicke 3.9k citations
- 2 Paul K. Chu 3.7k citations
- 3 Rui L. Reis 1.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Dental materials and restorations research done?
The largest centres of Dental materials and restorations research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Chennai (India), Cairo (Egypt) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Medak and Nalgonda.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MedakIN · 30.1 works108×
- NalgondaIN · 55.6 works89×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dental materials and restorations than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Dental materials and restorations?
Among universities, judged by research, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Saud University and Alexandria University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Saudi Arabia | 82.7 | 39.3% | 22.7× | 46 | +792.6% |
| 2 | King Saud University Saudi Arabia | 73.1 | 22.0% | 10.7× | 108 | +94.3% |
| 3 | Alexandria University Egypt | 72.5 | 21.1% | 12.8× | 66 | +250.9% |
| 4 | Wroclaw Medical University Poland | 72.4 | 39.8% | 9.8× | 16 | +411.7% |
| 5 | University of Bern Switzerland | 69.7 | 42.0% | 8.5× | 39 | +24.6% |
| 6 | Semmelweis University Hungary | 68.6 | 40.2% | 7.7× | 16 | +397.6% |
| 7 | Taibah University Saudi Arabia | 67.0 | 28.8% | 9.8× | 17 | +158.0% |
| 8 | Cairo University Egypt | 66.7 | 11.2% | 9.8× | 84 | +313.8% |
| 9 | Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Romania | 66.3 | 29.6% | 14.5× | 16 | +248.1% |
| 10 | King Khalid University Saudi Arabia | 66.1 | 16.9% | 8.6× | 35 | +248.3% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Dental materials and restorations research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Dental materials and restorations.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.