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Authors
Senevirathna, Kalpani
Mahakapuge, Thilini Anupama Nanayakkarawasam
Jayawardana, Nadeeka U.
Rajapakse, Jayanthe
Gamage, Chandrika Udumalagala
Seneviratne, Bimalka
Perera, Unil
Kanmodi, Kehinde Kazeem
Jayasinghe, Ruwan Duminda
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Council of Sri Lanka (22031)
University Research Grants of Sri Jayewardenepura (FMS/Q-12/2021)
University Research Grant of University of Peradeniya (D/F/CROC/URG/2022/29/D/CL/07)
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Article History
Received: 11 May 2024
Accepted: 8 October 2024
First Online: 8 November 2024
Declarations
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: Ruwan Duminda Jayasinghe is an editorial board member of Scientific Reports and a co-author of this article. To minimize bias, they were excluded from all editorial decision-making related to the acceptance of this article for publication. Other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest involved with their work in this study.
: This study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya (Ref. No: ERC/FDS/UOP/E/2021/14). All participants were informed about the study objectives. Participation was voluntary and the participant could withdraw from the study at any time without penalty. All participants gave informed consent before participating in the study. Names, emails, or any other personal identifiers were not included in the data collected.
