Salivary levels of Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli and other salivary indices in patients wearing clear aligners versus fixed orthodontic appliances: An observational study

• Stefano Mummolo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stefano Mummolo, Alessandro Nota

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

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• Alessandro Nota ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stefano Mummolo, Alessandro Nota

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dr.alessandro.nota@gmail.com

  Affiliation Dental School, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3651-1251

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• Francesca Albani,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

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• Enrico Marchetti,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

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• Roberto Gatto,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

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• Giuseppe Marzo,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

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• Vincenzo Quinzi,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

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• Simona Tecco

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dental School, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

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