Modaberi, Ali
Eftekharian, Hamidreza
Askari, Hosein
Morshedian, Nasim
Shahsavari-Pour, Sheila
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vice-Chancellor for Research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (3130)
Article History
Received: 3 November 2025
Accepted: 8 March 2026
First Online: 12 May 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: The study protocol followed the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice guidelines and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Dental School (IR.SUMS.DENTAL.REC.1402.060). Written informed consent was taken from all the patients. This study was registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT20250118064423N1).
: The datasets will be available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.