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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults

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Addressing the dental needs of the emerging geriatric population

R Biron, S So

    The Penn Dental Journal
    |January 1, 1995
    PubMed
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