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Letter to the Editor about the article published in Clinical Oral Investigations titled “Effect of frenotomy on breastfeeding and reflux: results from the BRIEF prospective longitudinal cohort study” (Slagter KW, Raghoebar GM, Hamming I, Meijer J, Vissink A. Clin Oral Investig. doi: 10.1007/s00784-020-03665-y)

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Paul, S.P., Heaton, P.A. Letter to the Editor about the article published in Clinical Oral Investigations titled “Effect of frenotomy on breastfeeding and reflux: results from the BRIEF prospective longitudinal cohort study” (Slagter KW, Raghoebar GM, Hamming I, Meijer J, Vissink A. Clin Oral Investig. doi: 10.1007/s00784-020-03665-y). Clin Oral Invest 25, 5117–5118 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-021-03973-x

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