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...
Main Authors: | Rahul Damodaran Prabha, Rajasigamani Kandasamy, U Sajeev Sivaraman, Maya A Nandkumar, Prabha D Nair |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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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 |
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