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Task Force on Periodontal Treatment of Pregnant Women (2004). American Academy of Periodontology statement regarding periodontal management of the pregnant patient. Journal of Periodontology, 75(3): 495.

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Harris NO, Willmann DE (2004). Periodontal disease prevention: Facts, risk assessment, and evaluation. In NO Harris, F Garcia-Godoy, eds., Primary Preventive Dentistry, 6th ed., pp. 367–398. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

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