Şen, Sinan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5907-5398
Erber, Ralf
Deurer, Nadine
Orhan, Gül
Lux, Christopher J.
Zingler, Sebastian
Funding for this research was provided by:
DGKFO (113/1016)
Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg (Physician Scientist Fellowship Program)
Article History
Received: 27 May 2019
Accepted: 7 October 2019
First Online: 17 December 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study protocol, including the use of extracted human teeth, was approved by the ethics committee of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University (approval no.: S-370/2015). Trial registration: NCT03753256. The study conformed to the Declaration of Helsinki and was performed according to the guidelines of Good Clinical Practice. Participants were recruited between May 2017 and December 2017 by interns and residents, including authors of the present study of the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Dental School, University of Heidelberg.
: Before participation, all patients or their parents/legal guardians received oral and written study information and signed a written consent form.