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The new editor of QDT, Sillas Duarte Jr, has collected an impressive selection of original articles on the newest materials, concepts, and laboratory techniques from the world s masters in dental technology and esthetic dentistry. By popular demand, this year s QDT is once again published in hardcover format…. More >>

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