Elfouly, Dina
El-Harouni, Nadia M.
Ismail, Hanan A.
El-Bialy, Tarek
Ghoneima, Ahmed
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alexandria University
Article History
Received: 4 July 2023
Accepted: 15 November 2023
First Online: 21 November 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt (IRB:00010556–IORG:0008839) Manuscript Ethics Committee number (0423-04/2022). All records were of patients who consented for the use of records for research or educational purposes following the ethical approval at University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada protocol # (Pro00091339). All records were de-identified before being enrolled in the study. All methods were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects/or their legal guardian(s) for the use of their records. Neither minors nor illiterates were included in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.