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Is an implant-supported restoration better than a fixed partial denture to replace single missing teeth?

Sreenivas Koka
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Sreenivas Koka. 2006. Is an implant-supported restoration better than a fixed partial denture to replace single missing teeth?. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16553003/

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