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Clinicians get tumours too

BDJ Student volume 26, pages 14–15 (2019)Cite this article

As dental students we learn a lot about various diseases, infections and conditions. We see pictures of them, we know the prevalence, their characteristics, even see patients presenting with them; never would you imagine being the patient with one of these.

When I attended the maxillo-facial department at Leeds General infirmary where I study I was asked 'Are you concerned?'

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