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

Iosif SifakakisWilliam PapaioannouAikaterini PapadimitriouDimitrios KloukosSpyridon N PapageorgiouTheodore Eliades
Published in: Progress in orthodontics (2018)
Within the limitations of this study, there were no differences in the salivary counts of S. mutans or L. acidophilus among adolescent patients treated for 1 month with thermoplastic aligners or self-ligating appliances. On the other hand, patients treated with aligners had lower salivary levels of S. sanguinis compared to those treated with self-ligating appliances.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • mental health
  • candida albicans
  • peripheral blood