Sustained antibacterial activity of orthodontic elastomeric ligature ties coated with a novel kombucha-derived bacterial nanocellulose: An in-vitro study

• Fateme Eskandari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5900-9777

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• Susan Borzou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

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• Alireza Razavian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Endodontics, Semnan Dental School, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran

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• Neda Babanouri ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nedababanouri@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Orthodontic Research Center, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Fars, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8727-5482

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• Khadije Yousefi

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Dental Materials and Biomaterials Research center, Shiraz Dental School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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