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Infant With an Asymmetrical Smile

Tracy Williams, MD, FAAFP
Taylor Russell, MD
Kristina Chaffee Khant, MD

American Family Physician. 2026;113(2):189-190.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

TRACY WILLIAMS, MD, FAAFP; TAYLOR RUSSELL, MD; and KRISTINA CHAFFEE KHANT, MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine Family Medicine Residency at Ascension Via Christi, Wichita, Kansas

Address correspondence to Tracy Williams, MD, at tracy.williams@ascension.org.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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