Funding for this research was provided by:
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh (Academic and Clinical Central Office for Research and Development (ACCORD) The University of Edinburgh and/or Lothian Health Board ACCORD)
Article History
Received: 3 December 2020
Accepted: 29 March 2021
First Online: 4 June 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This retrospective study received ethical approval from the Proportionate Review Sub-Committee, Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland (ORECNI). REC Reference: 19/NI/0177. “All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.”
: Academic and Clinical Central Office for Research and Development (ACCORD) advised that patient consent was not required for this study. The return of an online questionnaire from a dental practice was taken as implicit consent that the practice consented to participation in the study.
: Ownership of the data arising from this study resides with the study team.