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Published in: Clinical Oral Investigations 9/2017

01-12-2017 | Letter to the Editor

A reflection and analysis about the tools in the assessment of bruxism

Authors: Gonzalo H. Oporto, Luis A. Salazar

Published in: Clinical Oral Investigations | Issue 9/2017

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On behalf of the authors of the article entitled “Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes of dopaminergic pathways are associated with bruxism” [1], we would like to thank Amaral et al. for their expressed interest in our article, their thoughtful comments about it and for their kind appreciation of our work. There are some concerns expressed by Amaral and collaborators that we would like to address. …
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Metadata
Title
A reflection and analysis about the tools in the assessment of bruxism
Authors
Gonzalo H. Oporto
Luis A. Salazar
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Oral Investigations / Issue 9/2017
Print ISSN: 1432-6981
Electronic ISSN: 1436-3771
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-017-2239-3

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