Ismail, Hoda Saleh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8369-4041
Soliman, Hanan Ahmed Nabil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5950-7015
Ali, Ashraf Ibrahim https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7776-2308
Raghip, Ahmed Gamal
Albelasy, Eman H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mansoura University
Article History
Received: 3 December 2025
Accepted: 18 March 2026
First Online: 11 April 2026
Declarations
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: All research methods have been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The experimental protocol was approved before the start of the trial. Patients’ written informed consent to the trial was obtained after having provided a complete explanation of all procedures of the study, as requested by the Helsinki protocols.
: The authors affirm that participants provided informed consent for the publication of the images in Figure. 2.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval was achieved beforehand by the Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University Institutional Review Board (IRB; protocol number: A01011023 CD) and was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov. (ID: NCT06164418).