Cytotoxicity of intermaxillary orthodontic elastics of different colors: an in vitro study

• Main Authors: Rogério Lacerda dos Santos (Author), Matheus Melo Pithon (Author), Gabriella da Silva Mendes (Author), Maria Teresa Villela Romanos (Author), Antônio Carlos de Oliveira Ruellas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: Natural latex does not fall into the category of materials known to be entirely inoffensive. The purpose of this in vitro study was to test the hypothesis that there is no difference in the cytotoxicity between elastics of different colors and those from different manufacturers. MATERIAL...