Sen, Madhura
Yarmunja Mahabala, Karuna
Natarajan, Srikant
Gupta, Deveshi
Shekhar, Shrehya
Rao, Ashwin
Nayak P, Anupama
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 31 May 2024
Accepted: 25 September 2024
First Online: 1 October 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangaluru (a constituent institution of MAHE, Manipal.) was obtained (protocol reference number: 18157). The parents of the children involved in the study were informed about the proceedings of the study in detail, and a signature on the written consent form was obtained.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Not applicable, as it is not a randomized clinical trial.