Nickel release from orthodontic arch wires and cellular immune response to various nickel concentrations

Wenyi Jia, Mark W. Beatty, Richard A. Reinhardt, Thomas M. Petro, Donald M. Cohen, Constance R. Maze, Evan Strom, Melvin J. Hoffman

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research · 1999 · 140 citations · 24 references

Abstract

The maximum amount of nickel released from all tested arch wires was 700 times lower than the concentrations necessary to elicit cytotoxic reactions in human PBMCs.

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