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Rani Somani1, Iram Zaidi2, Shipra Jaidka3

  • 1Professor, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, DJ College of Dental Sciences and Research Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
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PubMed

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Growth factorPRPRegenerationWound healing.

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