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23. Vitamin K2 and its Impact on Tooth Epigenetics Jan Oxholm Gordeladze, Maria A. Landin, Gaute Floer Johnsen, Håvard Jostein Haugen and Harald Osmundsen Submitted: December 28th 2015. Reviewed: December 5th 2016 Published: March 22nd 2017