Nickel allergy and orthodontics, a review and report of two cases

British Dental Journal

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 297-300

  Noble, J ^a   Ahing, S I ^a   Karaiskos, N E ^a   Wiltshire, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMICS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SEX RATIO; STOMATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERAMICS; DENTAL ALLOYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; MUCOSITIS; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SEX RATIO; STAINLESS STEEL; STOMATITIS; TITANIUM;

EID: 41149118898     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2008.198     Document Type: Article

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