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- ↑ Spielman, Andrew I. (October 2007). "The Birth of the Most Important 18th Century Dental Text: Pierre Fauchard's Le Chirurgien Dentist". Journal of Dental Research . 86 (10): 922–926. doi:10.1177/154405910708601004. PMID 17890667.