Jayasinghe, Yovanthi Anurangi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5144-5550
Kanmodi, Kehinde Kazeem http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9906-3826
Jayasinghe, Rasika Manori http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5878-4985
Jayasinghe, Ruwan Duminda http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8054-4301
Article History
Received: 26 November 2023
Accepted: 30 May 2024
First Online: 1 June 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved primarily by the Ethical Review Committee, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya (Ref. No: ERC/FDS/UOP/2022/26). 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.
: Not applicable.
: Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi is an Editorial Board member of BMC Public Health 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 have no competing interest to declare.