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Dental Hygiene and Dental Assistant Students’ Simulated DVI Radiographic Match Accuracy: A pilot study

Samantha C. Vest, Brenda T. Bradshaw, Marsha A. Voelker, Ann M. Bruhn, Tara L. Newcomb and Sinjini Sikdar
American Dental Hygienists' Association April 2023, 97 (2) 31-38;

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Dental Hygiene and Dental Assistant Students’ Simulated DVI Radiographic Match Accuracy: A pilot study
Samantha C. Vest, Brenda T. Bradshaw, Marsha A. Voelker, Ann M. Bruhn, Tara L. Newcomb, Sinjini Sikdar
American Dental Hygienists' Association Apr 2023, 97 (2) 31-38;
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