El Tantawi, Maha
Elwan, Amira H.
Hassan, Reham
Mohamed, Nesreen Farouk
Elsheikh, Enas I.
Hassan, Heba Ali
Abdelwahab, Sayed F.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alexandria University
Article History
Received: 20 July 2023
Accepted: 3 September 2024
First Online: 1 October 2024
Competing interests
: Maha El Tantawi is a Senior Board Member at BMC Oral Health. None of the other authors declare competing interests. The authors did not receive any external funds to support this research.<b>Ethical approval and consent to participate.</b>Ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt (0397–02/2022). The study was conducted in full accordance with the Helsinki declaration. Informed consent was obtained from all included participants.