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Advanced Materials for Oral Application (Volume 2)
Laura-Cristina Rusu1, Lavinia Cosmina Ardelean2
1University Clinic of Oral Pathology, Multidisciplinary Center for Research, Evaluation, Diagnosis and Therapies in Oral Medicine, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Abstract:
This editorial aims to present the contributions published in the second volume of the Special Issue "Advanced Materials for Oral Application", journal Materials [...].
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