Umer, Fahad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3817-5941
Naved, Nighat https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4994-5841
Naseem, Azra
Mansoor, Ayesha
Kazmi, Syed Murtaza Raza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-6945
Article History
Received: 22 November 2024
Revised: 3 April 2025
Accepted: 15 April 2025
First Online: 8 May 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests. FU serves as an Editorial Board Member on BDJ Open.
: The study was conducted after approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of the institution, the Aga Khan University Hospital (ERC no: 2024-9592-28953).