Antibacterial nanosilver coated orthodontic bands with potential implications in dentistry

Background & objectives: Fixed orthodontic treatment, an indispensable procedure in orthodontics, necessitates insertion of dental bands. Insertion of band material could also introduce a site of plaque retention. It was hypothesized that band materials with slow-release antimicrobial properties...

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Main Authors: Rahul Damodaran Prabha, Rajasigamani Kandasamy, U Sajeev Sivaraman, Maya A Nandkumar, Prabha D Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
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Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2016;volume=144;issue=4;spage=580;epage=586;aulast=Prabha