Comparison of prevalence of microorganisms on titanium and silicone/polymethyl methacrylate obturators used for rehabilitation of maxillary defects

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 400-405

  Depprich, Rita A ^a   Handschel, Jorg G ^a   Meyer, Ulrich ^a   Meissner, Guido ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICONE DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MAXILLA TUMOR; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; GRAM-POSITIVE RODS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PALATAL OBTURATORS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SILICONES; TITANIUM;

EID: 43049160942     PISSN: 00223913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3913(08)60089-X     Document Type: Article

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