Journal of Dentistry
Volume 37 , Pages e64-e69 , 2009

Quantification of the esthetics of dentists’ before and after photographs

Received 30 March 2009 ,Revised 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 5 May 2009.

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 Presented at the Annual Session of the American Association for Dental Research, Dallas, Texas, April 2008.

PII: S0300-5712(09)00109-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2009.05.003

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 37 , Pages e64-e69 , 2009