Adherence of Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans to different bracket materials

• Main Authors: Shrinivaasan Nambi Rammohan (Author), Shubhaker Rao Juvvadi (Author), Chandra Sekhar Gandikota (Author), Padmalatha Challa (Author), Ranjit Manne (Author), Anirudh Mathur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To quantify the adherence of Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans on brackets made of stainless steel, plastic, ceramic, titanium, and gold, and to evaluate the various sites of adherence of these microorganisms with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Materials and Methods: Brackets...