Martens, L. C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-5630
Cauwels, R. G. E. C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7615-5621
Van Acker, J. W. G. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4502-9416
Joshi, K. R.
Hanet, P. N.
Rajasekharan, S. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3075-3356
Funding for this research was provided by:
septodont France
Article History
Received: 30 September 2023
Accepted: 11 January 2024
First Online: 1 March 2024
Declarations
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: The authors would like to report the financial support from Septodont, France, for conducting the study, which the company considered a charity project. Apart from the submitted work, the authors received materials free of charge for educational courses, and L. Martens, R. Cauwels, J. Van Acker, and S. Rajasekharan report personal fees (honoraria for lectures abroad and at the university) and research grants from Septodont, France negotiated with the Ghent University. However, the funders had no role in the study’s design, in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, in writing the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.
: Prior to the study, a written information and negative consent letter was sent to the parents. Non-participants were registered by the Headmaster of the school. The present study, including the information and consent procedure, was approved by the Ethical Committee of the University Hospital of Ghent, Belgium (Project 2019/1074) and the Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC Nr 2017, 2019).