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Case Reports in Dentistry
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 595494, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/595494
Case Report
Radix Entomolaris in Mandibular First Molars in Indian Population: A Review and Case Reports
Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi 110002, India
Received 14 August 2012; Accepted 20 September 2012
Academic Editors: D. Cogulu and C. Evans
Copyright © 2012 Kanika Attam et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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