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[Change to a new composite with low shrinkage not sensible at this point]

F J M Roeters1, L C G de Jong, N J M Opdam

  • 1Afdeling Preventieve en Curatieve Tandheelkunde van het UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen. j.roeters@dent.umcn.nl

Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Tandheelkunde
|February 11, 2009
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