An investigation of the decontamination of Siqveland matrix bands

British Dental Journal

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Whitworth, Christine L ^a   Davies, K ^b   Palmer, N O A ^b   Martin, M V ^b  

^a Hoghton Street Dental Practice ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ENZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HORSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; DECONTAMINATION; DENTAL DISINFECTANTS; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTION; ENZYMES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HORSES; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS;

EID: 33847338807     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.142     Document Type: Article

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