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    Chinonso Ndukauba, Daniel Keith, Rebecca Davis, Kay Thomas, Emma Hitchens & Lucy Webber

  2. Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol, UK

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Ndukauba, C., Keith, D., Davis, R. et al. Hairy mouths: a simple solution to a hairy problem. Lasers Med Sci 37, 2773–2774 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-022-03521-3

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