Mélo, Alex Moreira https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0433-2681
de Souza, Caio Sberni Pinheiro https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1474-8816
de Oliveira Melchior, Melissa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4943-1242
de Sousa-Neto, Manoel Damião https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7696-7600
Lopes-Olhê, Fabiane Carneiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4375-3371
Okano, Sérgio Henrique Pires https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2659
da Silva Lara, Lúcia Alves https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-238X
Magri, Laís Valencise https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8050-4396
Mazzi-Chaves, Jardel Francisco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9889-1790
Funding for this research was provided by:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (88887.978904/2024-00, 33002029032P4)
Article History
Received: 9 April 2025
Accepted: 16 September 2025
First Online: 10 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted at the School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FORP/USP), Brazil, in the year 2024. The research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto (FORP/USP) under protocol number 02198018.5.0000.5419 and the Research Ethics Committee on Human Beings of the Hospital das Clinicas and the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto (HCRP/FMRP) under protocol number 59992522.1.3001.5440.
: The authors declare that the informed consent obtained from study participants was written. All participants provided written informed consent after receiving a detailed explanation of the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.