Oral diagnosis and treatment planning: part 7. Treatment planning for missing teeth

F McCord1, R Smales

  • 1Visiting Research Fellow, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.

British Dental Journal
|October 13, 2012
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