Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 9-14 , January 2002

Future needs for fixed and removable partial dentures in the United States

Presented before the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics Annual Meeting, New York, N.Y., December 2000.

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☆ aProfessor and Chair, Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology.

☆☆ bStudent Research Assistant, Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology.

★ Reprint requests to: Dr Chester W. Douglass, Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, Fax: (617)432-0047, E-mail: chester_douglass@hms.harvard.edu

PII: S0022-3913(02)48787-2

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2002.121204

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 9-14 , January 2002

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