Senevirathna, Kalpani
Mahakapuge, Thilini Anupama Nanayakkarawasam
Jayawardana, Nadeeka U.
Rajapakse, Jayanthe
Gamage, Chandrika Udumalagala
Seneviratne, Bimalka
Perera, Unil
Kanmodi, Kehinde Kazeem
Jayasinghe, Ruwan
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Council Sri Lanka (22031, 22031)
Sri Jayewardenepura University (FMS/Q-12/2021, FMS/Q-12/2021, FMS/Q-12/2021)
University of Peradeniya (D/F/CROC/URG/2022/29/D/CL/07, D/F/CROC/URG/2022/29/D/CL/07, D/F/CROC/URG/2022/29/D/CL/07, D/F/CROC/URG/2022/29/D/CL/07, D/F/CROC/URG/2022/29/D/CL/07)
Article History
Received: 5 June 2024
Accepted: 29 August 2024
First Online: 11 September 2024
Declarations
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: The study was conducted at the Dental Teaching Hospital, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, following approval from the Ethical Review Committee of the Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya (protocol number: ERC/FDS/UOP/E/2021/14). All patients provided written informed consent prior to participation in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.