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Received: 12 August 2025
Accepted: 6 March 2026
First Online: 21 March 2026
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
: This study was conducted in accordance with theethical standards of the Institutional Ethical Committee, H.P. Government Dental College & Hospital, Shimla-1, which approved the study protocol (Approval Ref. No.: HFW(GDC)(B)12/50/2015 − 1180; Approval Date: 18/04/2022), and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. No animals were involved in this research.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study for participation and for the publication of their anonymized data and images.
