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Response to a letter to the Editor addressing the publication “Effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy and strict plaque control on preterm/low birth weight: a randomized controlled clinical trial”

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  1. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Patricia Weidlich, Tiago Fiorini, Marta Liliana Musskopf, José Mariano da Rocha, Maria Lúcia Rocha Oppermann, Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing & Rui Vicente Oppermann

  2. Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Carlos Heitor Cunha Moreira

  3. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Anne Merete Aass & Per Gjermo

  4. Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, USA

    Cristiano Susin

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Weidlich, P., Moreira, C.H.C., Fiorini, T. et al. Response to a letter to the Editor addressing the publication “Effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy and strict plaque control on preterm/low birth weight: a randomized controlled clinical trial”. Clin Oral Invest 18, 345–346 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-013-1080-6

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