Eshete, Mekonen
Banko, Muhidin Abdo
Hailu, Abiye
Brhanu, Abeje
Mossey, Peter
Butali, Azeez
Funding for this research was provided by:
Iowa State University (Grant R00-DE022378)
Article History
Received: 24 April 2021
Accepted: 2 July 2021
First Online: 18 August 2021
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board at the Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences (IRB approval number: 003/10/surg) and renewed yearly.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the parents.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the parents including the use of the child’s photos.
: Mekonen Eshete is a member of the Smile Train Research and Innovation Advisory Council. Muhidin Abdo Banko, Abiye Hailu, Abeje Brhanu, Peter Mossey, and Azeez Butali declare no competing interests.