Tatiana Siqueira Gonçalves et al.
Mutation research. Genetic toxicology and environmental mutagenesis, 762, 1-8 (2014-02-06)
Stainless steel bands, with or without silver soldered joints, are routinely used in orthodontics. However, little is known about the toxic biological effects of these appliances. The aims of this study were to evaluate the cytotoxic, cytostatic, genotoxic and DNA