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Accuracy and reproducibility of 3-dimensional digital model measurements

Marinês Vieira S Sousa1, Eliziane Cossetin Vasconcelos, Guilherme Janson

  • 1Department of Orthodontics, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil. dra.marines@uol.com.br

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics : Official Publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, Its Constituent Societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics
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