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. 2014 Mar;93(3):320-1.
doi: 10.1177/0022034513520327.

Response to letter to the editor, "Retained asymptomatic third molars and risk for second molar pathology"

M E Nunn  1 , M D Fish, R I Garcia, E K Kaye, R Figueroa, A Gohel, M Ito, H J Lee, D E Williams, T Miyamoto
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Response to letter to the editor, "Retained asymptomatic third molars and risk for second molar pathology"

M E Nunn et al. J Dent Res. 2014 Mar.
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