Science of Biocompatibility is designed to provide students with knowledge of the factors underpinning biocompatibility and how this growing understanding is driving development of biomaterials and medical devices, from understanding of how a materials surface chemistry can influence biological host response, to awareness of the importance of correctly identifying the application specific, critical properties of a biomaterial or device to ensure safety and efficacy in use.

On completion successful students will develop knowledge and understanding of the concept that biocompatibility is application dependent, the range and complexity of biological responses to a material/device/restoration, the range of effects that the physiological environment can have on material/device/restoration functionality, the lab based methods used to assess biocompatibility and their limitations.