Do self-ligating brackets favor greater bacterial aggregation?

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-212

  Pithon, Matheus M ^a   dos Santos, Rogério L ^b   Nascimento, Leonard Euller ^b   Ayres, Amanda Osorio ^b   Alviano, Daniela ^b   Bolognese, Ana Maria ^b  

^a University of Southwestern Bahia (UESB)   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Dental plaque; Microbiology; Orthodontic brackets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856193094     PISSN: 16773217     EISSN: 16773225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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