Hypersensitivity to conventional and to nickel-free orthodontic brackets Hipersensibilidade a bráquetes ortodônticos convencionais e a bráquetes "nickel-free"

• Main Authors: Mariele Cristina Garcia Pantuzo (Author), Elton Gonçalves Zenóbio (Author), Helenice de Andrade Marigo (Author), Madelon Aparecida Fernandes Zenóbio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the allergenic potential of orthodontic brackets, comparing the cutaneous sensitivity provoked by metals present in conventional metallic brackets to that provoked by brackets with a low concentration of nickel, known as "nickel-free". A sample was sel...