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Published Online: Jan 25, 2024
Page range: 151 - 152
Received: Jun 01, 1992
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1992-0004
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© 1992 Jo-Ann Miller et al., published by Sciendo
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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.