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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2011; 44(01): 160
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.81462
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Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

The use of bone wax for protection from sharp ends of interdental wires

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  • Özgür Pilanci

    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, Turkey

  • Kerstin M. Stenson

    1   İstanbul Medical Faculty, İstanbul, Turkey

  • Samet Vasfi Kuvat

    2   Department of Otolaryngology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, USA
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31 December 2019 (online)

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