Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide on Dental Unit Biofilms and Treatment Water Contamination

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Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide on Dental Unit Biofilms and Treatment Water Contamination

OBJECTIVES To study effects of various concentrations of hydrogen peroxide on mature waterline biofilms and in controlling planktonic (free-floating) organisms in simulated dental treatment water systems; and to study in vitro the effects of 2%, 3%, and 7% hydrogen peroxide on the removal of mature biofilms and inorganic compounds in dental waterlines. METHODS Four units of an automated denta...

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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Dentistry

سال: 2011

ISSN: 1305-7456,1305-7464

DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1698858