Atteya, Sara M.
Amer, Hala A.
Saleh, Susan M.
Safwat, Yara
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alexandria University
Article History
Received: 24 August 2023
Accepted: 14 February 2024
First Online: 23 February 2024
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki on medical protocol and ethics and all national ethical standards. Ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University (#0086 − 11/2019). Signed informed consent was obtained from all patients before participation in the study. For patients less than 16 years, informed consent was obtained from one of their parents. The trial was prospectively registered on the clinicaltrials.gov registry (NCT04929509) on 18/6/2021.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.