Haberal, Merve https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2804-0947
Çelik, Çiğdem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5936-0196
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kırıkkale Üniversitesi (2023/020)
Kirikkale University
Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Accepted: 16 January 2026
First Online: 30 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethics committee approval was obtained from Kirikkale University Non-Interventional Research Ethics Committee (Meeting Date: 21.12.2022, Meeting Number: 2022/15, Decision No: 2022.12.14).
: This study used 60 sound human third molar teeth that had recently been removed for periodontal or orthodontic purposes. All participants provided signed informed consent, authorizing the use of their extracted third molars for research purposes. All participants were over 18 years of age. The authors ensure that all procedures were conducted in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.