Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of incubating temperature and time on oral bacterial growth in vitro.
Incubating time and temperature were established as follows respectively; 60°C, 70°C, 75°C, and 80°C 30 min. each, 75°C for 15 min. and 20 min, additionally.
Twenty-nine bacterial species were tested.
Incubating time of 20min. at 75°C was enough to pasteurize all oral bacterial growth.
