Pawel Kallas and Krister Gjestvang Grønlien are PhD candidates from the University of Oslo who have recently come to NIOM to work on collaborative projects. Kallas is a PhD candidate in the Department of Biomaterials, Faculty of Dentistry and Grønlien is a PhD candidate in the School of Pharmacy. Kallas’ project focuses on how nanostructured […]

The 6th of December marks 100 years of independence for Finland. The theme for the celebratory year is “Together,” showing that everyone – Finns and friends of Finns – is welcome to take part, just as creating and building the nation were joint efforts.

NIOM has recently welcomed two new guest researchers. Mervi Puska from Finland and Foteini Machla from Greece.

How do choices of restorative materials following pulpotomy in primary molars affect children who attended public oral health services? Battsetseg Tseveenjav has looked at this.

Det er ledig en fast stilling som teknisk medarbeider ved Nordisk institutt for odontologiske materialer (NIOM). Vi søker primært etter en tanntekniker, men annen relevant teknisk utdanning er også interessant. Søker bør ha utdannelse på bachelor-nivå; arbeidserfaring kan oppveie for manglende formell utdannelse.

Det er ledig fast 60 % stilling som forsker ved Nordisk Institutt for Odontologiske Materialer (NIOM). Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet har styrket NIOMs budsjett for videreutvikling av kompetansen innen klinisk materialforskning i samarbeid med de regionale odontologiske kompetansesentrene i Norge og med kliniske fagmiljøer i Norden. Stillingen er et ledd i å styrke denne kompetansen, og forskeren vil inngå i det samlede forskermiljøet ved NIOM.

NIOM has a stand at the Finnish annual meeting and dental trade fair, taking place right now, from Nov 23rd-25th. Make sure you swing by and sign up so you can stay up to date withresearch relevant to your clinical workday.

NIOM Scientist Frode Staxrud, DDS, was the presenter in a NIOM webinar held on October 24. He discussed the latest in dental adhesive techniques, as well as the do’s and don’t’s of dental bonding procedures.

From15th to the 17th of November, it is time for the annual meeting and Nordic trade fair for the dental industry, Riksstämman 2017 / Swedental. Dentists, dental technicians, researchers, dental hygienists and students gather at the Stockholm event to get acquainted with product news and the latest research. NIOM has a stand and we will […]

Users are simply cheated, charcoal tooth bleaching products simply does not bleach, according to NIOM Managing Director, Jon E. Dahl.

NIOM received directors and research directors from Norway’s regional dental health competence centers today.

NIOM will be present with both presenters and a stand at NTF Landsmøte and Nordental 2017.

Turku Biomaterials Days 2017 is held October 26-27 in Finland at Turku Science Park. The topic this year is “Interfaces and Interphases” and the conference aims to provide a clear understanding and key concepts on the interactions between different biomaterials and the surrounding tissues. NIOM is represented with Head of Laboratory Hilde M. Kopperud and […]

The annual meeting of The Academy of Dental Materials takes place in Nuremberg, Germany from October 5-7.

Welcome to a free webinar on October 24th 2017.

Collaborate with our experienced scientists and enjoy our great lab facilities.

NIOM will represent strongly this year at the 2017 CED-IADR/NOF Oral Health Research Congress, which takes place in Vienna September 21-23.

Norwegian broadcaster stops testing of home tooth bleaching kits after NIOM safety tests reveal illegally high amounts of hydrogen peroxide.

Tarja Tanner will stay as a guest researcher at NIOM for six months.

Maria Kassapidou just arrived at NIOM, and she will stay with us for three months.

NIOMs Senior Engineers Else Morisbak and Torbjørn Knarvang are participating at the 28th annual conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) in Athens, Greece.

Senior Engineer Morten Syverud will participate and present research findings from NIOM at the 24th annual European Dental Material Conference, held in London from August 30th to September 1st, 2017.

Professor Jon E. Dahl, CEO of NIOM, is member of FDI’s Dental Material Task Team. The task team meets during the FDI WORLD DENTAL FEDERATION Annual Congress in Madrid, 29th Aug – 1st Sep 2017. The dental material task team prepares policy statements regarding dental materials that are approved by the FDI’s General Assembly to […]

Five NIOM scientists have travelled to the city of Hong Kong to participate in the 53rd annual meeting of ISO/TC 106, from 20. – 25. august.

NIOM wishes all customers and business relations a wonderful summer!

NIOM Senior Scientist Aida Mulic will attend the The European Organisation for Caries Research (ORCA) congress held in Oslo, Norway, July 5th – 8th.

On May 30th, Head of Laboratory Hilde M. Kopperud presented a webinar with insight from NIOM on light curing. See the webinar and read the summary from the QA here.

MSc. Pharm Kristine Opsvik Wikene will be defending the thesis for the degree of Ph.D. on Monday 26 June, 2017 at the School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo.

NIOM is a state-owned limited company where the Ministry of Health and Care Services holds 49 % of the shares. Each year, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries provides an overview and presentation of all the companies in which the state has an ownership interest, with emphasis on the companies’ development last year. It […]

Bachelor students in bioengineering from Oslo and Akershus University of Applied Sciences (HIOA) have had a research stay in NIOM since Easter. Their efforts have resulted in two papers.

Our first webinar had over 200 registered participants and attendees reviewed it with an average of 4.5 of 5 stars, so don’t miss out! In this 20 min webinar NIOM Head of Laboratory, Hilde M. Kopperud will present topics on light curing techniques and discuss how to avoid pitfalls when buying a new curing lamp. […]

It is with great pleasure we welcome our guests to two days of seminars and celebration.

NIOM celebrates 45 years with a two-day seminar on NIOM’s work for Nordic patient safety for at the UBC Ullevål Stadium.

Polyxeni Papazekou is a visiting researcher at NIOM this spring throught the Eramus+ program.

Such reads the headline in the March edition of The Norwegian Dental Journal, referring to NIOM’s first webinar, held February 14th. The journal was in the room as 100 participants logged on across all the Nordic countries, observing, as the webinar was held and the follow-up article reveals more details, such as more background into why NIOM offers webinars, plans for the future and feedback from the participants post-event.

Four representatives from NIOM are heading to IDS 2017. They excited to meet colleagues and fellow professionals at the NIOM seminar at the Hyatt Regency Hotel tonight.

NIOM scientist Ida Sofia Refsholt Stenhagen will attend the International Association for Dental Research General Session and Exhibition held in San Francisco, California, March 22nd – 25th.

NIOM welcomes Frode Staxrud. Staxrud is the newest addition to our team of scientists. Staxrud’s focus of research at NIOM will be on clinical research related to minimal invasive dentistry.

The scientific programme for ScSB 2017 is to ”bite into the underlying challenges faced by the field of biomaterials and tissue engineering and will focus on digging into some of the fundamental questions in biomaterial science.”