A Novel Method of Sterilizing Orthodontic Instruments

A range of orthodontic instruments was artificially inoculated with a mixed culture of representatives of the oral microflora and a marker bacterium and subjected to dry heat sterilization using a glass bead sterilizer. The shortest time which would guarantee total sterilization of the functional pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Miller Jo-Ann, Harrower Keith M., Costello Maurice J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 1992-10-01
Series:Australasian Orthodontic Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1992-0004