The research group mainly utilizes in vitro models to evaluate how the oral environment is affected by biomaterials and other common oral exposures (compounds alone and in combination).
The team's expert areas are mechanistic toxicology, microbiology, and the interaction of microbes with human cells. Currently, the research team comprises two researchers, three engineers, and students (PhD and master's).
Our projects in progress are divided into the following main categories:
- Effect of chemicals that leak from oral biomaterials
- Effect of particles that are released during finishing/grinding and wear of materials
- Micro- and nano-plastics
- Inorganic filler particles used in dental composites
- Bacterial resistance mechanisms toward antibacterial agents
- Effect of other common oral exposures, such as tobacco and other nicotine-containing products (alone and in combination with exposures from oral biomaterials)
Close collaboration with the materials technology group, the clinical research group, and research teams at other institutes ensures our research's high quality and clinical relevance.
Group leader: Senior Scientist Jan T. Samuelsen.