Krapež, Jana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3866-6572
Polajnar, Marko
Leopold, Klemen
Peterlin, Jakob
Šarvari, Attila
Kalin, Mitjan
Fidler, Aleš
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministrstvo za visoko šolstvo, znanost in tehnologijo (Grant numbers P3-0293 and J3-2519)
Article History
Received: 24 April 2026
Revised: 3 May 2026
Accepted: 5 July 2026
First Online: 18 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Commission of the Republic of Slovenia for Medical Ethics (No. N0120-351/2021/6).
Consent to participate: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before tooth extraction.
Consent for publication: Not applicable—the manuscript contains no individually identifiable participant data.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.