Fabrication technique of obturator-type sports mouthguard for a patient who had undergone maxillectomy and its speech intelligibility assessment:A case report
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Prosthodontic Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1883-1958,1883-9207
DOI: 10.2186/jpr.jpor_2019_573