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Dental injuries in taekwondo athletes practicing in Saudi Arabia

Yazan R. Aljohani, Khalid H. Alfaifi, Samaa K. Redwan, Dania A. Sabbahi and Mohammed H. Zahran
Saudi Medical Journal November 2017, 38 (11) 1143-1147; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.11.21111
Yazan R. Aljohani
From the Department of Dental Public Health (Sabbahi), the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics (Zahran), Faculty of Dentistry (Aljohani, Alfaifi, Redwan), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid H. Alfaifi
From the Department of Dental Public Health (Sabbahi), the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics (Zahran), Faculty of Dentistry (Aljohani, Alfaifi, Redwan), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Samaa K. Redwan
From the Department of Dental Public Health (Sabbahi), the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics (Zahran), Faculty of Dentistry (Aljohani, Alfaifi, Redwan), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Dania A. Sabbahi
From the Department of Dental Public Health (Sabbahi), the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics (Zahran), Faculty of Dentistry (Aljohani, Alfaifi, Redwan), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed H. Zahran
From the Department of Dental Public Health (Sabbahi), the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics (Zahran), Faculty of Dentistry (Aljohani, Alfaifi, Redwan), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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