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Authors
Tousi, Farnoush
Al Haroni, Mohammed
Lie, Stein Atle
Lund, Bodil
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
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Article History
Received: 1 May 2023
Accepted: 31 August 2023
First Online: 8 September 2023
Declarations
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: All methods and protocols in the current study were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The study was approved by the Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen. An approval from Norwegian prescription database (NorPD) was required prior to onset. A prerequisite for this approval was that no data could be traced back either to prescribers or to patients. Thus, no personal information or personal medical information that could hamper anonymity was retrieved. Ethical approval and informed consent were waived by the Regional Ethical Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK) since data was received as aggregated data made available from the Norwegian prescription database (NorPD) upon approval of project application.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
