Piancino, Maria Grazia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0220-5283
Tortarolo, Alessandro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4700-1732
Di Benedetto, Laura
Moscufo, Luigi
Nucci, Ludovica
Bersia, Michela
Article History
Received: 25 September 2023
Accepted: 30 August 2024
First Online: 25 October 2024
Declarations
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: M.G. Piancino, A. Tortarolo, L. Di Benedetto, L. Moscufo, L. Nucci and M. Bersia declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was part of a larger research on the masticatory function in patients with dental malocclusion, begun in 2014 at the University of Turin, Dental School, and still ongoing. This observational study sequentially included patients referred to the Department of Orthodontics, Dental School, University of Turin, Italy, between 2014 and 2022. Written informed consent was obtained from all parents or legal guardians before the beginning of treatment. The study was conducted following the Declaration of Helsinki and with the approval of the Ethics Committee of Turin University Hospital Health and Science Complex—University Hospital Ordine Mauriziano—A.S.L. (Local Health Authority) City of Turin (protocol code 0069193 date of approval 7 July 2014), no. 764/2014.