Kontrol og bekæmpelse af dental biofilm -

Control and eradication of dental biofilm. This article gives a brief overview of antimicrobial compounds used for biofilm control and new technologies and strategies to combat dental biofilms.

Chitosan and chitosan-oligosaccharide as antimicrobial agents in ZOE restorative materials -

This highlights the importance of the antibacterial properties of the material, to kill remaining bacteria during excavation and bacteria that may penetrate the coronal restoration of an endodontically treated tooth.

Substantial variations in light curing procedures -

Reported data is scarce on light curing times of restorations and irradiance of the curing devices used. In this study we sought to improve the knowledge of such parameters as total light dose applied to a restoration layer and the total potential exposure to reflected light to the dentist’s eyes during a workday.

The oral microflora – a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes? -

The increase in antibiotic resistant bacteria calls for conscious antibiotic prescription which should be restricted to evidence-based knowledge of their usefulness to the patient.

NIOM participates at The Scandinavian Society of Biomaterials 2017 -

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.”