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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · European Journal of General Dentistry 2014; 3(01): 1-2
DOI: 10.4103/2278-9626.126200
Editorial

Dental amalgam-time to move on

Nairn H. F. Wilson
Professor of Dentistry, King′s College London, London, UK
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Christopher D. Lynch
1   Reader Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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