title: A novel method of sterilizing orthodontic instruments.
abstract: A range of orthodontic instruments was artificially inoculated with a mixed culture of representatives of the oral microflora and a marker bacterium and subjected to dry heat sterilization using a glass bead sterilizer. The shortest time which would guarantee total sterilization of the functional parts of the instruments was thirty seconds.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Queensland, Rockhampton.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Harrower
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Costello
mesh_terms: D003762:Dental Instruments; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000295:instrumentation; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*