Lima, VeraOliveira, Ana IsabelPinho, CláudiaCruz, GraçaFerraz Oliveira, RitaBarreiros, LuisaMoreira, Fernando2019-07-182019-07-182017http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/14450Pacifiers are important devices during the development and growth of babies and young children, mainly owing to possible prevention of sudden instant death syndrome and provision of a comfort feeling towards stress and anxiety. However, permanent contact between pacifier and oral microflora leads to the creation of a biofilm in the pacifier’s surface.engSilicon rubberChildcareBiofilmconference object10.1186/s12913-016-1423-5