eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2015-10-25 8 October Spl Edition 99 103 10.13005/bpj/657 4285 article S. Aswini 1 G. S. Asokan 1 V. Anand 1 N. Balaji 1 N. Aravindha Babu 2 Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Vandalur post, Tamilnadu, India. Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital(COCPAR), Bharath University, Chennai. The concept of nanotechnology has been made a lot of revolution in the field of dentistry both in diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. Dendrimers are a type of nanoparticles that has given promising results in various dental applications. This article gives a comprehensive view about the structure, synthesis, properties and applications of dendrimers. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol8octoberspledition/cascade-molecule-an-innovation-in-nanotechnology/ Dendrimers diagnosis therapeutics