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1 Northwestern University Dental and Medical Schools, Department of Microbiology and Department of Orthodontics, Chicago, Illinois
The lactobacillus index and the salivary lactobacillus counts increased significantly with the placement of orthodontic bands, and returned to the preband level after removal of the band. Many of the lactobacillus growth sites were on the gingival margins and edges of the bands.
Submitted on August 7, 1967
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