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Original Article

Patients' expectation and satisfaction with removable dental prosthesis therapy and correlation with patients' evaluation of the dentists

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Pages 210-214 | Received 24 Aug 2011, Accepted 19 Nov 2011, Published online: 03 Feb 2012

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