Byju, Mary
Mala, Kundabala https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2407-1877
Natarajan, Srikant
Thomas, Manuel S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3042-0669
Parolia, Abhishek
Article History
Received: 3 January 2025
Revised: 3 March 2025
Accepted: 6 March 2025
First Online: 28 April 2025
Competing interests
: There are no conflicts of interest. Institutional Ethical Committee, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, clearance obtained (Ref. no. MCODS/15120). Consent to participate was not required for this study, as it was an ex vivo study. Permission to use extracted teeth was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Committee of Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, India.