Evaluation of two methods in controlling dental treatment water contamination

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-83

  Bansal, Ritu ^a   Puttaiah, Raghunath ^b   Harris, Robert ^a   Reddy, Anil ^b  

^a The University of Texas School of Public Health   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine dioxide; Dental treatment water contamination control; Dental waterline biofilms; Emulsifiers; Heterotrophic plate counts; Laser scanning confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856092148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1013     Document Type: Article

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