Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin
Abeldaño Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel
Virtanen, Jorma I.
Ezechi, Oliver C.
Yousaf, Muhammad Abrar
Jafer, Mohammed
Al-Tammemi, Ala’a B.
Ellakany, Passent
Ara, Eshrat
Ayanore, Martin Amogre
Gaffar, Balgis
Aly, Nourhan M.
Idigbe, Ifeoma
Lusher, Joanne
El Tantawi, Maha
Nguyen, Annie L.
Article History
Received: 30 December 2022
Accepted: 10 July 2023
First Online: 24 July 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 developed in accordance with international and national research guidelines. The study was performed in accordance with Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent before taking the survey.
: Not applicable.
: Martin Ayanore and Jorma Virtanen are Associate Editors, BMC Public Health. Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan and Maha El Tantawi are Senior Editor Board members at BMC Oral Health. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.