Effect of fixed space maintainers and removable appliances on oral microflora in children: An in vivo study

• Main Authors: Ritesh Kundu (Author), Abhay M Tripathi (Author), Jagdish Narain Jaiswal (Author), Ujjala Ghoshal (Author), Madhuchanda Palit (Author), Sonali Khanduja (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Oral habits and caries if left untreated may result in crowding and arch length discrepancy in developing dentition. Therefore, appliances are used to maintain the arch length and for proper relationship between dental arches. However, its insertion may cause an increase in bacterial con...