Nanozymes– a new horizon in periodontics

Nanozymes are nanomaterials with inherent enzyme-like properties that have been more popular over the past ten years due to their capacity to overcome the limitations of natural enzymes, such as their limited stability, high cost, and challenging storage. Nanozymes, which replicate and further design the active centers of natural enzymes, have the potential to operate as direct substitutes for conventional enzymes as a result of the rapid development and ongoing advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Nanozymes have drawn significant interest in a variety of biomedical applications as a class of nanomaterials with good catalytic efficiency, exceptional substrate specificity, and high recovery efficiency by utilizing their multi enzyme-like properties, inexpensive, and great stability, a number of nanozyme-assisted techniques have been successfully created for the theranostic of various diseases. Periodontitis, an inflammatory illness caused by oxidative stress, develops as a result of reactive oxygen speciescausing cell and tissue damage, which leads to alveolar bone resorption as well as the destruction of other periodontal supporting tissues. Due to their inherent antibacterial, antioxidants, osteogenic, anti-corrosive and bio-compatible capacity, nanozymes have contributed significantly on research in periodontal health and improve the success rate of implants. Thus, we provide a brief review that focus on classification and advancements in nanozymes.