Candida prevalence and oral hygiene due to orthodontic therapy with conventional brackets

• Main Authors: Kinga Grzegocka (Author), Paweł Krzyściak (Author), Anna Hille-Padalis (Author), Jolanta E. Loster (Author), Katarzyna Talaga-Ćwiertnia (Author), Bartłomiej W. Loster (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Conventional brackets are often used during orthodontic therapy of patients with malocclusion. The complex construction of such brackets greatly inhibits oral hygiene, which predisposes to increased carriage of microbiota. Orthodontic brackets could act as reservoir of yeast and...