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An Atraumatic Method to Retract the Tongue During Oral Surgery Procedures: A Technical Note

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, “Evangelismos” General Hospital, Dental School, University of Athens, 2 Thivon Str, 115 27, Goudi, Athens, Greece

    Nick Papadogeorgakis, Evagelos Kalfarentzos & Marios Fouzas

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Papadogeorgakis, N., Kalfarentzos, E. & Fouzas, M. An Atraumatic Method to Retract the Tongue During Oral Surgery Procedures: A Technical Note. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 20, 319–321 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-020-01369-0

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