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Brazilian oral researchauthors
Oliveira MAC,Borges AC,Brighenti FL,Salvador MJ,Gontijo AVL,Koga-Ito CYdoi
10.1590/1807-3107BOR-2017.vol31.0089subject
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2017-11-06 00:00:00pages
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