Journal of Endodontics
Volume 29, Issue 12 , Pages 806-809 , December 2003

Incidence of Endodontic Treatment: A 48-Month Prospective Study

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 NIH DE-12587, DE-11020, DE-14164, and DE-12457 supported this investigation.The opinions and assertions contained herein are those of the authors and are not to be construed as necessarily representing the views of the University of Alabama at Birmingham or the National Institutes of Health. The informed consent of all human subjects who participated in this investigation was obtained after the nature of the procedures had been explained fully. An website devoted to details about the FDCS can be found at http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/∼gilbert/ (formerly http://www.nerdc.ufl.edu/∼gilbert/).

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doi: 10.1097/00004770-200312000-00005

Journal of Endodontics
Volume 29, Issue 12 , Pages 806-809 , December 2003

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