An Approach Towards Painless Administration of Local Anaesthetic Agents in Pediatric Dentistry: In Vivo Study

Year 2012, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 96 - 101, 01.06.2012

Kavita Grover Firoza Samadi - J.n.jaiswal Saumya Navit Sonali Saha

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