Ramsay, Saga
Hyvärinen, Eelis
Mikkonen, Jopi
González-Arriagada, Wilfredo Alejandro
Salo, Tuula
Lopes, Márcio Ajudarte
Kashyap, Bina
Kullaa, Arja M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Suomen Hammaslääkäriseura Apollonia
Pohjois-Savon Rahasto
Article History
Received: 23 October 2025
Accepted: 30 November 2025
First Online: 11 December 2025
Declarations
:
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Human Studies, Piracicaba Dental School, Brazil (protocol number: 142/2010) and by the Research Ethics Committee of the Northern Savo Hospital District (protocol number 754/2018; 28.11.2023).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before the study. The investigations were conducted with the ethical standards according to the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.
: The authors declare no competing interests.