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Pontes, Laura Regina A.
Lara, Juan Sebastian
Novaes, Tatiane Fernandes
Freitas, Julia Gomes
Gimenez, Thais
Moro, Bruna Lorena P.
Maia, Haline C. M.
Imparato, José Carlos P.
Braga, Mariana M.
Raggio, Daniela P.
Mendes, Fausto M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1711-4103
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2012/24243-7)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (471817/2012-0, 306304/2015-5)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Article History
Received: 4 November 2020
Accepted: 22 March 2021
First Online: 31 March 2021
Declarations
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: The main clinical trial, entitled CARies DEtection in Children-1 (CARDEC-01), had its protocol approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (CAAE number 02952612.4.0000.0075). The participants’ guardians signed an informed consent prior to the participation of the children in the study. Moreover, children gave a verbal assent to express willingness to participate in the research.
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare: no support from any organization for the submitted work other than those listed above; no financial relationships with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work. Mariana M. Braga is Senior Editorial Board Member of the BMC Oral Health. Moreover, Thais Gimenez and Daniela P. Raggio are Associate Editors in the same journal.