Medicaid expenditures for orthodontic services

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 728.e1-728.e8

  El Gheriani, Abdelhakim A ^a   Ehrmantrout, Zachary P ^a   Oesterle, Larry J ^a   Berg, Rob ^a   Wilkerson, Damon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 36649034925     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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