Roza, Ana Luiza Oliveira Corrêa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4463-9602
Shrestha, Madhu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1904-3265
Bezerra, Hélen Kaline Farias https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5236-8988
Fonsêca, Thamyres Campos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4858-3060
Schouwstra, Ciska-Mari https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5607-8999
Smit, Chané https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4047-6356
Rocha, André Caroli https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0070-0640
Agostini, Michelle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3648-337X
Abrahão, Aline Corrêa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3397-3234
Cabido, Letícia Ferreira https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1115-4254
Woo, Victoria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6407-850X
Júnior, Jacks Jorge https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-8104
van Heerden, Willie F. P. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2494-667X
Wright, John M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3924-0602
Romañach, Mário José https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7853-5916
Vargas, Pablo Agustin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1840-4911
Funding for this research was provided by:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (88887.722654/2022-00)
Texas A and M University (291007-24003)
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (E-26/201.340/2022 [272477])
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (E-26/201.383/2022 [272817])
Article History
Received: 15 March 2025
Accepted: 9 April 2025
First Online: 8 May 2025
Declarations
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: This study was carried out according to the tenets of the Helsinki Declaration for studies involving human subjects and approved by the local research ethics committees (FOP-UNICAMP, protocol number 43944721.1.0000.5418; University of Pretoria, Research Ethics Committee No 629/2021; Texas A&M University, IRB protocol number 24–0317).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Preliminary results of the present study were presented as an oral presentation during the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology (AAOMP) Annual Meeting (April 13-16th, 2024) in Orlando, FL– USA.
: The authors declare no competing interests.