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

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...

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Main Authors: Mariele Cristina Garcia Pantuzo, Elton Gonçalves Zenóbio, Helenice de Andrade Marigo, Madelon Aparecida Fernandes Zenóbio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2007-12-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242007000400003