Günay, Bestegül
Balci, Nur
Toygar, Hilal
Balevi, Ali
Gürsoy, Mervi
Suominen, Auli
Gürsoy, Ulvi Kahraman
Funding for this research was provided by:
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu (53325897-115.02-644008)
Suomen Hammaslääkäriseura Apollonia (2022, UKG)
Article History
Received: 26 March 2025
Accepted: 7 October 2025
First Online: 28 October 2025
Declarations
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: All ethics requirements are fulfilled. Study protocol (approval date: 22/12/2022; number: 1108) was approved by the Ethical Committee of Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey, in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2013. The study is reported based on the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before study enrollment.
: Participants provided consent for the publication of anonymized study data.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The trial was registered retrospectively (date of registration: 14/03/2025) in the U.S. National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials Registry, number NCT06879795.