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¹ MSc student, Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
² MSc Student, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Endodontics Division, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, Brazil.
³ Ph.D student in Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil.
⁴ Former Postgraduate Student, Department of Orthodontics, Sagrado Coração University, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
⁵ Professor, Postgraduate Program in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁶ Professor, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil.

Comment

Igor Felipe Pereira Lima et al. Angle Orthod. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;89(4):673-674.

doi: 10.2319/0003-3219-89.4.673.

¹ MSc student, Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
² MSc Student, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Endodontics Division, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Piracicaba, Brazil.
³ Ph.D student in Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil.
⁴ Former Postgraduate Student, Department of Orthodontics, Sagrado Coração University, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
⁵ Professor, Postgraduate Program in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁶ Professor, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil.

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Influence of reminder therapy for controlling bacterial plaque in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lima IFP, de Andrade Vieira W, de Macedo Bernardino Í, Costa PA, Lima APB, Pithon MM, Paranhos LR. Lima IFP, et al. Angle Orthod. 2018 Jul;88(4):483-493. doi: 10.2319/111117-770.1. Epub 2018 Apr 17. Angle Orthod. 2018. PMID: 29664334 Free PMC article.
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Martins CC. Martins CC. Angle Orthod. 2019 Jul;89(4):672. doi: 10.2319/0003-3219-89.4.672. Angle Orthod. 2019. PMID: 31219725 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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