Contamination of Low Frictional Elastomeric Ligatures by Streptococcus mutans: A Prospective RT-PCR and AFM Study

• मुख्य लेखकों: Caglar Dagdeviren (लेखक), Aysegul Gulec (लेखक), Fahriye Eksi (लेखक), Mustafa Saglam (लेखक), Mehmet Kahraman (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Galenos Yayinevi, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Objective: To compare Streptococcus mutans colonization between low-friction elastomeric ligatures and to correlate microbial colonization levels with the surface roughness status.Methods: The study included 160 premolars of 10 patients. During the study period, which consisted of 4 sessions each la...