This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as an ‘Accepted Article’, doi:10.1002/jbm.a.36369 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. In vitro cytotoxicity assessment of nanodiamond particles and their osteogenic potential Mohamed Ibrahim 1,2 , Ying Xue 1 , Melanie Ostermann 1 , Alexander Sauter 1 , Doris Steinmueller- Nethl 3 , Sarah Schweeberg 4 , Anke Krueger 4 , Mihaela R. Cimpan 1*# , and Kamal Mustafa 1*# 1. Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway. 2. Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway. 3. DiaCoating GmbH, Wattens, Austria. 4. Institute for Organic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany. #: These authors have contributed equally to the study *Correspondence should be addressed to: Kamal Mustafa: Kamal.Mustafa@uib.no Professor, DDS, PhD, Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen Aarstadveien 19, 5009 Bergen, Norway Tel.: +47-55586097 Fax: +47-55586568 Mihaela Roxana Cimpan: Mihaela.Cimpan@uib.no Associate Professor, MDD, PhD, Department of Clinical Dentistry-Biomaterials, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen Aarstadveien 19, 5009 Bergen, Norway Accepted Article