Microwave radiation is effective at disinfecting dental stone surfaces without changing their physical properties

General Dentistry

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 42-46

  Bona, Ariel José ^a   Brito, Mauro Gustavo Amaral ^a   Rodrigues, José Augusto ^b   Peruzzo, Daiane Cristina ^a   França, Fabiana Mantovani Gomes ^a  

^a SÃO LEOPOLDO MANDIC INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Brazil)

^b University of Guarulhos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological contamination; Occupational hazards; Prosthodontics

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DENTAL IMPRESSION MATERIALS; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 85018429324     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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