Corrosion of intra-oral magnets by multi-species biofilms in the presence and absence of sucrose

Biomaterials

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-57

  Wilson, M ^a   Patel, H ^a   Kpendema, H ^a   Noar, J H ^a   Hunt, N P ^a   Mordan, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilms; Corrosion; Magnets; Orthodontics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOFILMS; BODY FLUIDS; CORROSION; FERMENTERS; MAGNETS; PH EFFECTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CONSTANT DEPTH FILM FERMENTORS (CDFF); INTRAORAL MAGNETS; MULTISPECIES BIOFILMS;

DENTAL MATERIALS;

BORON; IRON; NEODYMIUM; SALIVA SUBSTITUTE; SUCROSE;

ACTINOMYCES; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; CORROSION; MAGNET; NONHUMAN; ORTHODONTICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS; VEILLONELLA;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOUTH; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SALIVA, ARTIFICIAL; SUCROSE;

EID: 0031033350     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(96)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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