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Do I Need to Protect my Dental Work Before I Get Thermage Treatments?

puzzleAug 7, 2008
After a report by the FDA in 2004, Thermage published a Technical note to protect dental work with cotton rolls. Is it still recommended to protect dental work? If so, what happens if I don't?

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