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New Swedish guest researcher
Julia Olander is currently a guest researcher at NIOM. Read about her experience, and why she chose to bring her family with her to Oslo.
NIOM at NSFT winter meeting
The Norwegian Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology (NSFT) will hold its annual winter meeting at Beitostølen, Norway, 23-26 January 2020. Among NIOMs representatives you can find this trio: Bergitte Olderbø, Solveig Uvsløkk, og Mathias Fon. Bergitte, Solveig, and...
Webinar: Fluor and fluorider
Join our webinar on the 12th of February. We’ll talk about fluor and fluorider, and how to meet fluor sceptics
NEWSLETTERS
How to talk to fluoride sceptics
As recent news articles highlight the dangers of ski wax containing fluorinated compounds, more patients are becoming skeptical towards fluoride in toothpaste. It is vital to be clear that these are two completely different forms of fluorine element with respect to both toxicity and reactivity.
NIOMs first year with NORCE
NIOMs first year with NORCE, has been about business as usual as well as gearing up for the future.
Magic in the workshop
It’s not quite Gepetto’s workshop, but magic still happens at NIOM’s instrument workshop. The two toolmakers both have engineering backgrounds, as well as a combined 42 years of experience at NIOM.
New scanning electron microscope
NIOM have 17 laboratories, and a vast, up- to date instrument park. Today we would like to highlight our new key instrument in materials research, nicknamed the SEM.
Do fluoride and BHT in toothpaste pose risks for your patients?
Read why NIOM researchers, Drs. Aida Mulic and Ellen Bruzell, agree with recent risk assessments on fluoride and butylated hydroxytoluene, BHT.
Clinical relevance of HEMA-toxicity studies
Several studies show “leakage” of methacrylates during, and shortly after, treatment resin based dental materials. Read about the clinical relevance here.
NEWSLETTERS
How to talk to fluoride sceptics
As recent news articles highlight the dangers of ski wax containing fluorinated compounds, more patients are becoming skeptical towards fluoride in toothpaste. It is vital to be clear that these are two completely different forms of fluorine element with respect to both toxicity and reactivity.
NIOMs first year with NORCE
NIOMs first year with NORCE, has been about business as usual as well as gearing up for the future.
Magic in the workshop
It’s not quite Gepetto’s workshop, but magic still happens at NIOM’s instrument workshop. The two toolmakers both have engineering backgrounds, as well as a combined 42 years of experience at NIOM.
New scanning electron microscope
NIOM have 17 laboratories, and a vast, up- to date instrument park. Today we would like to highlight our new key instrument in materials research, nicknamed the SEM.
Do fluoride and BHT in toothpaste pose risks for your patients?
Read why NIOM researchers, Drs. Aida Mulic and Ellen Bruzell, agree with recent risk assessments on fluoride and butylated hydroxytoluene, BHT.
Clinical relevance of HEMA-toxicity studies
Several studies show “leakage” of methacrylates during, and shortly after, treatment resin based dental materials. Read about the clinical relevance here.
PUBLICATIONS
Aquaporins’ Influence on Different Dental Erosive Wear Phenotypes in Humans.
Dental erosive wear is a multifactorial condition of high prevalence. Nowadays, there is an emphasis on discovering individual genetic predisposition for the development of this condition. Aquaporins (AQPs) are water channel proteins expressed in salivary glands, as well as during tooth development. They are involved in salivary secretion and composition and linked to physiological protection of the oral cavity.
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between different dental erosive wear phenotypes, AQP genes, and selected environmental factors.
MOF thin films with bi-aromatic linkers grown by molecular layer deposition
Thin films of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising for a wide range of applications including membranes for separations and sensor materials in microelectronics. Growth of such thin films using atomic/molecular layer deposition (ALD/MLD) has recently been...
Commentary Guidelines on the benefit-risk assessment of the presence of phthalates in certain medical devices covering phthalates which are carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic to reproduction (CMR) or have endocrine-disrupting (ED) properties
The guidelines provide a framework to perform a BRA to justify the presence of CMR or ED phthalates in medical devices.
They also describe the evaluation of possible alternatives for these phthalates used in medical devices.
Manufacturers are encouraged to generate data that are needed for the BRA on potential alternatives to be used in medical devices.
LABORATORIES
NIOM TESTED
NIOM has established a programme for the quality evaluation of a number of dental products. The evaluation is based on testing of the products according to methods in relevant ISO and other standards, or according to other well-established and documented test methods. Products fulfilling the set requirements are granted permission to use the NIOM TESTED quality seal. The NIOM TESTED quality seal confirms that the product meets the requirements specified by NIOM.