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Are patients forgetting the basics?

BDJ In Practice volume 35, pages 12–15 (2022)Cite this article

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Westgarth, D. Are patients forgetting the basics?. BDJ In Pract 35, 12–15 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-021-1009-8

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