Evaluation of a new device for sterilizing dental high-speed handpieces

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 513-516

  Larsen, Tove ^a   Andersen, Hans Kristian ^b   Fiehn, Nils Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH MEDICINES AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VACUUM;

AIR; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEAT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STERILIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VACUUM; WATER;

EID: 0031266769     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90268-7     Document Type: Article

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