Potentially pathogenic microbes growing on at least half of all orthodontic retainers, study suggests
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
Insufficient cleaning could allow build-up of microbes on orthodontic retainers, researchers have found. Researchers looked at the types of microbes which live on retainers. This study found potentially pathogenic microbes growing on at least 50% of the retainers.