Suresh, Lekshmi R. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-1867
Shetty, Vabitha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8704-4051
Funding for this research was provided by:
NITTE University (2014-2015)
Article History
Accepted: 18 December 2024
First Online: 30 December 2024
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval for the study was granted by the Ethics Committee of AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte (Deemed to be) University, [ABSM/EC/126/2014]. Informed consent was obtained from the primary caregivers of the participants and verbal assent was obtained from the children before the onset of the study.
: Authors have no competing conflict of interest.