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David B Powers1, O Bailey Robertson

  • 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Wilford Hall Medical Center, 2200 Bergquist Drive, Suite 1, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX 78236-9908, USA. David.Powers@Lackland.af.mil

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