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| Network | 127 - Disclosure - Shareholders' Equity (Tables) (http://oragenics.com/taxonomy/role/NotesToFinancialStatementsStockholdersEquityNoteDisclosureTextBlockTables) |
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| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001174940 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
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Company's Outstanding and Exercisable Warrants | The Company’s outstanding and exercisable warrants as of December 31, 2016 are presented below:
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