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Good dental hygiene may prevent drug-induced gingival enlargement

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Good dental hygiene may prevent drug-induced gingival enlargement. Drugs Ther. Perspect 9, 11–13 (1997). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-199709040-00004

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