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Original Articles

Bisphosphonate-associated peri-implant fractures: a new clinical entity?

A series of 10 patients with 11 fractures

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Pages 622-626 | Received 21 Aug 2014, Accepted 14 Feb 2015, Published online: 01 Sep 2015

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