Plaque retention on elastomeric ligatures. An in vivo study

ORAL and Implantology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 92-99

  Condò, Roberta ^a   Casaglia, A ^a   Condo S G ^a   Cerroni, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Orthodontic ligature; Plaque adhesion; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945568068     PISSN: 19745648     EISSN: 20352468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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