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Sharareh Kamfar1 , Taghi Azizi2 and Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi3,4\*

1 Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran

2 Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Trauma Research Center, Tehran, Iran

4 Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Craniomaxillofacial Research Center, Tehran, Iran

\*Address all correspondence to: motamedical@yahoo.com

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