Dental Caries Prevalence and Untreated Caries among Children in a School-Based Dental Health Program Using dft/Dft and Significant Caries Index (SCI)
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Scientific Dental Scienecs
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2581-4893
DOI: 10.31080/asds.2019.03.0639