Zhou, Xuan
Zou, Chen
Article History
Received: 1 May 2024
Accepted: 16 July 2024
First Online: 31 July 2024
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Independent Ethics Committee of Tianjin Stomatological Hospital (No: 2021003). All patients provided informed consent. This study was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry () as ChiCTR2100049547.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.