In-office bacteria test for a microbial monitoring during the conventional and self-ligating orthodontic treatment

Head and Face Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mummolo, Stefano ^a,c   Marchetti, Enrico ^a,c   Giuca, Maria Rita ^b   Gallusi, Gianni ^a   Tecco, Simona ^c,d   Gatto, Roberto ^a,c   Marzo, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC BRACKET; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LIGATION; MALE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; SALIVATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873037486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1746160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-160X-9-7     Document Type: Article

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