Salivary levels of cariogenic bacterial species during orthodontic treatment with thermoplastic aligners or fixed appliances: a prospective cohort study

Salivary levels of cariogenic bacterial species during orthodontic treatment with thermoplastic aligners or fixed appliances: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background Fixed orthodontic appliances might be associated with intraoral adverse effects on enamel, due to plaque accumulation and their colonization by oral microbes. At the same time, the demand for esthetic alternatives to orthodontic treatment, like thermoplastic aligners, is growing....

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Main Authors: Iosif Sifakakis, William Papaioannou, Aikaterini Papadimitriou, Dimitrios Kloukos, Spyridon N. Papageorgiou, Theodore Eliades
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-08-01
Series:Progress in Orthodontics
Subjects:
Aligners
Fixed appliances
S. mutans
S. sanguinis
L. acidophilus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40510-018-0230-4

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