Turku Clinical Biomaterials Centre

Förkortning

TCBC

Beskrivning av infrastrukturen

TCBC has a comprehensive range of expertise and up-to-date equipment to meet the challenges of research and development of novel biomaterials and implant designs for clinical applications in dentistry, cranio-maxillofacial surgery and orthopaedics. Several facilities are dedicated to particular tasks in fabrication, characterization and biomechanical testing of materials.

Vetenskaplig beskrivning

TCBC is expertise centre with up-dated research facilities to characterize various range of biomaterials. TCBC is actively working at ISO/TC106 (Technical Committee) Dental materials developing and updating current standardized research methods. Research facilities in all range of dental materials is in focus including composites, ceramics or metallic biomaterials with special focus for clinical applications in dentistry. Also research facilities and knowledge for dental implant research, cranio-maxillofacial surgery and orthopaedics research are available.

Verksamheten har inletts

1993

Ansvarig organisation

Åbo universitet

Nyckelord

bioactivity, biomaterials, biomechanics, composites, tissue reconstruction

Forskningsinfrastrukturens tjänster

Research facilities for biomaterials (TCBC)

Övriga uppgifter

Vetenskapsområden

TEKNIK, MEDICINISKA VETENSKAPER, VÅRDVETENSKAPER

Klassifikationer

ESFRI klassifikation

003 - Health & Food

Kontakt

Namn

a) Pekka Vallittu, b) Lippo Lassila

Beskrivning

a) Director, b) Head of Laboratory

Telefonnummer

+358415063562

Besöksadress

Itäinen pitkäkatu 4b, 20520 Turku, Finland