Evaluation of bacterial contamination on irreversible hydrocolloid impressions before and after disinfection

• Main Authors: Lais Falcão Borgo (Author), Francisco de Assis Bozzetti (Author), Julieti Fernandes Flor (Author), Paula Sampaio de Mello (Author), Thaís Dias Lemos Kaiser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Odontologia, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: to evaluate microbial contamination and characterization of irreversible hydrocolloid impressions, as well as the antimicrobial efficacy of 1% sodium hypochlorite and 2% chlorhexidine solutions in decontamination for 5 and 10 minutes. Material and Methods: we made upper arch impressions f...