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- ↑ "Historic Night For Cosmetic Dentistry by Appointing First Minority Female President". PRWeb. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
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- ↑ American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (2007-01-01). "Chiann Fan Gibson, DMD". Archived from the original on 2012-02-11.
- ↑ Woman Dentist Journal (2005-11-05). "Beauty and Brains".
- ↑ "Historic Night For Cosmetic Dentistry by Appointing First Minority Female President". PRWeb. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
- ↑ Delta Delta Delta (2007-01-01). "Tri Delta's finest in Scholarship and Pageant". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07.
