Dental caries experience in children attending an infant oral health program
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and Pediatric Dentistry, State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil 2DDS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Pediatric Dentistry, State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil 3DDS, MS, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatric and Social Dentistry, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil 4DDS, MS, PhD, Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Pediatric Dentistry, State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil 5DDS, MS, PhD, Professor, Department of Dentistry, University of North Parana (UNOPAR), Londrina, PR, Brazil
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