title: [The effect of magnetic retainers used in dental prostheses on the pathogenic microorganisms in the oral flora].
abstract: Patents for magnetic denture retainers in dental prosthesis, have issued since 1930, but recent developments rekindled interest. There have been many studies reporting the effects of magnetic fields on humans, animals, insects, tissue cultures, micro-organisms and enzymes. In some of these reports, damaging tissue effects were observed. In our study, the effect of these magnets to the growth of pathogen microorganisms found in oral flora were investigated with 2 different microbiological methods. In either of these methods, it was determined that the magnetic field didn't affect the colonization of bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe Universitesi, Dişhekimliği Fakültesi, Protetik Diş Tedavisi Anabilim Dali Araştirma Görevlileri.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saygili
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sahmali
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arikan
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003781:Denture Retention; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Dental protezlerde kullanilan magnetik tutucularin ağiz florasindaki patojen mikroorganizmalara etkisi.