Platform switching: a narrative review

Rajender Singh1, Saumyendra V Singh, Varuni Arora

  • 1*Scientist, Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. †Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental Faculty, KG Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. ‡MDS student, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental Faculty, KG Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Implant Dentistry
|July 12, 2013
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