Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 375-380 , October 2002

The ovate pontic design: A histologic observation in humans

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☆ Reprint requests to: Dr Nicola Ursula Zitzmann, Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and TMJ Disorders, University of Basel, Hebelstrasse 3, CH-4056, Basel, SWITZERLAND, Fax: 41-61-267-26-60, E-mail: N.Zitzmann@unibas.ch

☆☆ aAssistant Professor, Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and TMJ Disorders, University of Basel.

★ bProfessor and Chairman, Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and TMJ Disorders, University of Basel.

★★ cAssociate Professor, Department of Periodontology, Göteborg University.

PII: S0022-3913(02)00228-7

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2002.128758

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 375-380 , October 2002

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