Assessment of slot sizes in self-ligating brackets using electron microscopy
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Language: English
Page range: 38 - 41
Submitted on: Mar 1, 2009
Accepted on: Nov 1, 2009
Published on: Dec 14, 2023
Published by: Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
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