Evaluation of efficacy of four disinfectants on striated and non-striated orthodontic instruments: An in vitro study

• Main Authors: Nagaraj Venkatachalam (Author), Niveddha Ramesh (Author), Prasanna Turuvekere (Author), SM Vignesh Prasad (Author), Mohamad Ramees (Author), Chethan Kumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: To achieve effective infection control only disinfecting instruments is not perfect when sterilization is an ideal method. Few chemical disinfection methods have disadvantage of not killing spores as cross infection is of great importance in dentistry; Standard sterilization and disinf...