Comparison of Opal Self-Ligating Brackets with Manually Ligating Brackets
Ashwin Deshpande, N Srinivas, K Kiran Kumar, Sagar Mapare
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Deshpande A, Srinivas N, Kumar KK, Mapare S. Comparison of Opal Self-Ligating Brackets with Manually Ligating Brackets. J Contemp Dent Pract 2012; 13 (4):494-503.
Deshpande A, Srinivas N, Kumar KK, Mapare S. Comparison of Opal Self-Ligating Brackets with Manually Ligating Brackets. J Contemp Dent Pract 2012; 13(4):494-503.
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