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Transitioning patients from teeth to implants utilizing fixed restorations

Sajid Jivraj1, Mamaly Reshad, Winston W L Chee

  • 1Division of Primary Oral Healthcare, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, USA.

Journal of the California Dental Association
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