Article History
Received: 15 August 2021
Accepted: 18 July 2022
First Online: 26 August 2022
Declarations
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: P. Kumar, A.H. Rampurawala and A.S. Patil declare that they have no conflict of interests.
: This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed To Be University Dental College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India (ECR/328/Inst/MH/2016) and included patients undergoing treatment in our Department. The trial registration number was CTRI/2020/06/025640 and it is reported as per the consort 2010 guidelines. <i>Consent to participate</i>: Written informed consent was obtained from the patients after explaining the entire treatment procedure to them in their native languages.