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KMID : 0361919930230040661
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Korean Journal of Orthodontics
1993 Volume.23 No. 4 p.661 ~ p.670
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A study on the possibility of bacteremia in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with fixed appliance
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임순모
안병근/김선해/박영주/한호진
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate a possibility of chronic or intermittent bacteremia in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with fixed orthodontic appliance. Orthodontic patients who had been injured by orthodontic appliances
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suffered from gingivitis were selected. They had to taken any antibiotics for 1 month. The number of subjects were 21 including 7 males and 14 females. Blood samples of the subjects were cultured and, IgG, IgA and IgM levels in the serum were
quantified.
@ES The author found following results.
@EN 1. No bacterial growth was found in 7-day culture of all the samples.
2. The immunoglobulin levels in serum were confined in confined in normal range.
3. This study could not deny the possibility of possibility of transient bacteremia episode undergoing orthodontic treatment.
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