Successful and failed mini-implants: microbiological evaluation and quantification of bacterial endotoxin

• Main Authors: Marcela Cristina Damião ANDRUCIOLI (Author), Mírian Aiko Nakane MATSUMOTO (Author), Maria Conceição Pereira SARAIVA (Author), Magda FERES (Author), Luciene Cristina de FIGUEIREDO (Author), Carlos Artério SORGI (Author), Lucia Helena FACCIOLI (Author), Raquel Assed Bezerra da SILVA (Author), Lea Assed Bezerra da SILVA (Author), Paulo NELSON-FILHO (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives Using two groups of mini-implants (successful and failed) the objectives of this in vivo study were: to evaluate the microbial contamination by the checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization technique and to quantify the bacterial endotoxin by the limulus amebocyte lysate assay. Material...