Article History
Received: 16 September 2023
Revised: 8 December 2023
Accepted: 11 December 2023
First Online: 20 February 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The protocol of the current study was registered at ExternalRef removed, with the unique identification number NCT04357093. All procedures involving human participants were performed following the ethical standards of the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Dentistry, Minia University, Egypt (Ref. no. 420). A written consent was obtained from every patient to ensure their knowledge about participating in this study and that they were informed about its nature.
: A clear written consent informing about the procedure, periods of recalls and the use of intraoral photos for scientific use, was obtained from every patient to ensure their knowledge about participating in this study and that they were informed about its nature.