Oral lichenoid lesions and amalgam fillings: Do oral lichenoid lesions improve or resolve if amalgam restorations are replaced with an alternative material?

Evidence-Based Dentistry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 74-75

  Thornhill, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84984752719     PISSN: 14620049     EISSN: 14765446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ebd.6400430     Document Type: Article

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