Güdül, Kemal Furkan https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0768-092X
Tonga, Gülşah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4680-6283
Hatirli, Hüseyin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4451-7576
Article History
Received: 12 October 2025
Accepted: 4 March 2026
First Online: 6 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Scientific Research Ethics Committee with the registration number 25-MOBAEK-075. The molars gathered were extracted for therapeutic purposes not connected to the study and with prior informed consent from healthy individuals receiving dental care at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department Clinic, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University. The patients willingly donated the extracted teeth to the Faculty for research purposes.
: Artificial intelligence–assisted tools were used solely to improve the language and grammar of the manuscript. These tools did not contribute to study design, data analysis, interpretation of results, or scientific content generation.