Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 5-8 , January 2002

Will there be a need for complete dentures in the United States in 2020?

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.

☆☆ bGeriatric Dentistry Fellow.

★ cGeriatric Dentistry Fellow.

★★ 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)70521-0

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2002.121203

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 5-8 , January 2002

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