Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin
Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño
Virtanen, Jorma I.
Ellakany, Passent
Al-Tammemi, Ala’a B.
Quadri, Mir Faeq Ali
Jafer, Mohammed
Ara, Eshrat
Ayanore, Martin Amogre
Gaffar, Balgis
Aly, Nourhan M.
Idigbe, Ifeoma
Lusher, Joanne
Ezechi, Oliver C.
Nguyen, Annie L
Tantawi, Maha El
Article History
Received: 17 November 2022
Accepted: 18 May 2023
First Online: 30 May 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval of the current study was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committee at Institute of Public Health of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria (HREC No: IPHOAU/12/1557) as the lead partner for this study. The protocol was in accordance with international and national research guidelines. All participants provided written informed consent before taking the survey.
: Not applicable.
: Martin Ayanore and Jorma Virtanen are Associate Editors with the BMC. Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan and Maha El Tantawi are Senior Editor Board members at BMC Oral Health. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.