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. 2016 Jan 8:3:278.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00278. eCollection 2015.

Editorial: Periodontal Disease - A Public Health Problem

Alexandrina L Dumitrescu  1
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Editorial: Periodontal Disease - A Public Health Problem

Alexandrina L Dumitrescu. Front Public Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: gingivitis; health education; health literacy; inflammation; periodontitis; public health.

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