Oral health and white tea

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · European Journal of General Dentistry 2013; 2(02): 192-193
DOI: 10.4103/2278-9626.112328

Letters to Editor

Shailee Fotedar

Department of Public Health Dentistry, H. P. Government Dental College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Vikas Fotedar

²Department of Radiation Oncology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

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K. R. Sharma

¹Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, H. P. Government Dental College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Vinay Bhardwaj

Department of Public Health Dentistry, H. P. Government Dental College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

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