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Selling orthodontic need: innocent business decision or guilty pleasure?
- Correspondence to Dr Marc Bernard Ackerman, Clinical Orthodontic Research, Jacksonville University School of Orthodontics, 2800 University Boulevard N, Jacksonville, FL 32256, USA; ackersmile{at}aol.com
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Selling orthodontic need: innocent business decision or guilty pleasure?
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- Received October 9, 2009
- Revised January 12, 2010
- Accepted February 8, 2010
- First published May 6, 2010.
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April 27, 2016
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