title: Bracket recycling--who does what?
abstract: At present there is debate concerning the practice of recycling orthodontic components. A survey of 300 members of the British Orthodontic Society showed that 47.5 per cent of respondents recycled metal brackets and that more specialist practitioners than consultants did so (p < 0.001). Only 7.2 per cent of the orthodontists who recycled brackets informed their patients that recycled brackets were used.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, Birmingham.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coley-Smith
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Rock
mesh_terms: D017743:Equipment Reuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D019552:Infection Control, Dental; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom