A novel method of sterilizing orthodontic instruments.
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.
Miller
J A
JA
University of Central Queensland, Rockhampton.
Harrower
K M
KM
Costello
M J
MJ
D003762:Dental Instruments; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000295:instrumentation; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*