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Mariane Emi Sanabe1, Kamila Rosamiglia Kantovitz, Carlos Alberto De Souza Costa

  • 1São Paulo State University-UNESP, Araraquara School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Rua Humaitá, 1680 Araraquara, São Paulo 14801-903, Brazil.

American Journal of Dentistry
|March 14, 2009
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