Medical education
Management of temporomandibular disorders in the primary care setting
Samuel V Thambar,
Sachin Kulkarni, Joshua Tesar, Scott Armstrong,
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Samuel V Thambar
Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, QLD
Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD
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Search for more papers by this authorScott Armstrong
Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, QLD
Search for more papers by this authorSamuel V Thambar,
Sachin Kulkarni, Joshua Tesar, Scott Armstrong,
Corresponding Author
Samuel V Thambar
Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, QLD
Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD
Correspondence
Search for more papers by this authorScott Armstrong
Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, QLD
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