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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
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Correction: The effectiveness of a self-reported questionnaire on masticatory function in health examinations
Kazunori Anzai1, Hironori Sakai2, Eiji Kondo1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken, 390-8621, Japan.
Odontology
|July 21, 2024
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