TURKISH JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS, vol.32, no.4, pp.219-228, 2019 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)
Objective: This study investigated the antimicrobial efficacy of three different cleaning methods on Streptococcus mutans (SM) and Lactobacillus (LB) bacteria colonization in vivo. The three different cleaning methods were applied by volunteers on clear vacuum formed retainers (VFRs).