Efficacy of titanium brush, 915 nm diode laser, citric acid for eradication of Staphylococcus aureus from implant surfaces

• Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Karimi (Author), Behshad Farkhondemehr (Author), Motahare Ghaeni Najafi (Author), Ardavan Etemadi (Author), Nasim Chiniforush (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the efficacy of titanium brush, 915 nm diode laser, citric acid and the combination of latter two with titanium brush for decontamination of SLA surface mini-implants. Methods Seventy-five mini-implants contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus...