Training and fairer payments would increase caries prevention in practice
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The science and practice of caries prevention.
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Dentistry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1462-0049,1476-5446
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ebd.6401072