Oral Cancer Challenge

Interesting facts about oral cancer from the Oral Cancer Foundation

Mar 1st, 2013
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by Nicole Giesey, RDH, BSDH, MSPTE

References

Oral Cancer Foundation. (2013). Oral Cancer Facts. http://oralcancerfoundation.org/
Wilkins, E. M. (2009). Clinical practice of the dental hygienist (10th ed.) Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business.

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