Zhang, Duo
Shen, Ya
de la Fuente-Núñez, César
Haapasalo, Markus
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canada Foundation for Innovation (32623)
Canadian Academy of Endodontics
Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia (start-up funds)
Fundación Ramón Areces
Article History
Received: 7 February 2018
Accepted: 4 June 2018
First Online: 15 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: One of the authors (MH) consults to Sonendo Inc. (manufacturer of GW) and has economic interest in one of the products (GW) used in this study. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Ethics permission was obtained from the University of British Columbia Office of Research Services, Clinical Research Ethics Board (certificate number H15-02793).
: Informed consent was obtained from the volunteer providing oral plaque in this study. According to the Clinical Research Ethics Board, no informed consent was required from patients whose teeth, extracted for nonrelated reasons, were used in this study.