Welcome to NIOM

The Nordic Institute of Dental Materials (NIOM) is the Nordic Cooperative Body for dental biomaterials. The Institute’s activities in research, materials testing, standardisation and research-based consulting are directed towards dental health services and health authorities in the Nordic countries. The Institute is owned jointly by UniRand (a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Oslo) and the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services. Activities are financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic ministries for health services. Materials testing and consulting services also generate income.

NIOM as has offices and laboratories at Haslum, just outside Oslo, Norway.

Detailed area map from Gardemoen airport

News

NIOM studies as background for BBC programme

A programme on BBC Radio 4 has discussed the use of aluminium bronze as a dental casting alloy. The problem with such alloys is that, while they look like dental gold, they corrode more readily and release metallic elements to a much greater degree than other dental alloys.  Studies from NIOM and from our guest researcher Berit Ardlin (Umeå) are cited. Link

2010-06-22

NIOM becomes a

Nordic Co-operative Body

On 1st January  2010 NIOM’s status will change from a Nordic Institute to a Nordic Co-operative Body. This means that ownership of NIOM is transferred from the Nordic Council of Ministers to UniRand a.s. (an arm of the University of Oslo) and the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services to create a proprietary company, Nordisk Institutt for Odontologisk Materialer ( NIOM ). NIOM will continue the work of NIOM with the same staff and professional services. The Nordic co-operation will be maintained through a contract for financial support from the NMR, and the Nordic countries will continue to be represented on the Board of NIOM.

2009-12-09

News Archive

Recent publications

Strålende forhold i tannklinikken? Her er det rom for forbedring. Yrkeshygienikeren 2010 (1): 21-23.

Integritet i klinisk forskning. Nor Tannlegeforen Tid 2010; 120: 224-30

Elution of substances from a silorane-based dental composite. Eur J Oral Sci 2010; 118: 100-102

DNA damage and DNA damage responses in TPH-1 monocytes after exposure to spores of either S. chartarum or A. versicolor or to T-2 toxin. Toxicological Sciences. Link

Allergy to resin-based dental materials. In Goldberg M (Editor): Biocompatibility or cytotoxic effects of dental composites. Coxmore publishing Company, Oxford UK 2009. Chapter V-2: 151-155.