Testing facilities
NIOM possesses modern and well-equipped laboratory facilities for testing of dental biomaterials, including acclimatized laboratories. The staff has the necessary qualifications, training and experience to perform the tests to the highest professional standards.
Instrumentation
- Dynamic mechanical testing (3 kN)
- Flow cytometry
- Hardness tester
- High sensitivity analytical instrument (UHPLC-MS)
- Gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC/MS)
- TMA
- FT-IR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
- Spectrophotometer
- Microscopy
- Confocal laser scanning microscope
- PCR
- Western Blotting
- Microplate reader
- Sample preparation
- Speed mixer
- Thermocycling
- Universal testing machines (≤10 kN)
- SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
- Digital dental X-ray system