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- ↑ Ontario Dental Association official website
- ↑ Shoshenbeg, J.W. (1992). The Rise of the Ontario Dental Association: 125 Years of Organized Dentistry. Toronto: Ontario Dental Association.
- ↑ Ontario Dental Association website - History, Mission & Vision page
- ↑ ODA’s First Female Dentist (1893), ODA: Ontario Dental Association, retrieved 2017-12-02
