Digital prosthetic workflow during COVID-19 pandemic to limit infection risk in dental practice
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Piero Papi
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Piero Papi, Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Via Caserta 6, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorDiego Penna
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Contribution: Data curation, Resources
Search for more papers by this authorGiorgio Pompa
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Contribution: Supervision, Validation
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Piero Papi
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Correspondence
Piero Papi, Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Via Caserta 6, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorBianca Di Murro
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorDiego Penna
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Contribution: Data curation, Resources
Search for more papers by this authorGiorgio Pompa
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Contribution: Supervision, Validation
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