Rune Becher

Senior Scientist dr. scient. Phone: +47 67 51 22 00 Mobile: +47 41 22 97 47

Toxicological effects of dental materials and of tobacco use are my main research interests. I also participate in projects studying the oral effects and clinical outcomes of various dental treatments.

Newsletters

Study show snus causes gingival retraction and lesions

August 21st 2023

Snus and pregnancy – a risky connection

May 22nd 2023

Significant health risks of using snus while pregnant

March 24th 2020

Snus dangers – and how to help

June 25th 2019

Publications NIOM

Silver release from dentine treated with combinations of silver diamine fluoride, potassium iodide and etching

April 20th 2023

Oral lesions associated with daily use of snus, a moist smokeless tobacco product. A cross-sectional study among Norwegian adolescents

February 20th 2023

Use of Swedish smokeless tobacco during pregnancy: A
systematic review of pregnancy and early life health risk

December 20th 2022

Factors associated with initiation and use of snus among adolescents

December 30th 2021

Er helserisikoen ved snus undervurdert?

June 5th 2020

Snus i svangerskapet er en fare for barnet

January 8th 2020

Prevention of snus use: Attitudes and activities in the Public Dental Service in the south‐eastern part of Norway

March 14th 2019

The dental monomer 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) causes transcriptionally regulated adaptation partially initiated by electrophilic stress

November 27th 2018

Di-n-butyl phthalate modifies PMA-induced macrophage differentiation of THP-1 monocytes via PPARγ.

October 15th 2018

Presence and leaching of bisphenol a (BPA) from dental materials

May 28th 2018

Relation between In Vitro Toxicity and the Thiol-Reactivity of Methacrylates in Resin-Based Biomaterials

March 10th 2017

Leakage of Bisphenol A from Dental Materials

March 10th 2017

Effect of Components in Resin-Based Dental Restoratives on Protein-S-Glutathionylation

March 13th 2016

Exposure to Dental Monomer Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate (HEMA) Induces Increased Transcription of Genes Involved in Oxidative Stress Responses

March 13th 2016

Effekter i munnhulen ved bruk av snus

February 11th 2016

TEGDMA and filler particles from dental composites additively attentuate LPS-induced cytokine release from the macrophage cell line RAW 264.7

March 11th 2014

Dental monomers inhibit LPS-induced cytokine release from the macrophage cell line RAW264.7

February 4th 2013

Mono-2-ethylhexylphthalate (MEHP) induces TNF-α release and macrophage differentiation through different signalling pathways in RAW264.7 cells.

February 25th 2012

Biotransformation enzymes and lung cell response to 2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate.

November 29th 2011

DNA damage and DNA damage responses in THP-1 monocytes after exposure to spores of either Stachybotrys chartarum or Aspergillus versicolor or to T-2 toxin.

May 13th 2010

HEMA reduces cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in vitro.

January 24th 2008

Apoptosis induced by the monomers HEMA and TEGDMA involves formation of ROS and differential activation of the MAP-kinases p38, JNK and ERK.

January 23rd 2007

Involvement of NADPH Oxidase and iNOS in Rodent Pulmonary Cytokine Responses to Urban Air and Mineral Particles

January 12th 2007

Regulation of rat alveolar type 2 cell proliferation in vitro involves type II cAMP-dependent protein kinase

January 10th 2007

Pattern of cell death after in vitro exposure to GDMA, TEGDMA, HEMA and two compomer extracts

July 29th 2006

Cytotoxic effects of visible light-cured dental materials

October 19th 2001

Rat lung inflammatory responses after in vivo and in vitro exposure to various stone particles

September 20th 2001