Høvik, Hedda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5908-7372
Jensen, Knut Helge Midtbø https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7975-6662
Børsting, Torunn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8807-3807
Eftedal, Randi Krog https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3867-2972
Dahllöf, Göran https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8536-5292
Hafell, Bjørnar
Fagerhaug, Tone Natland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6492-4075
Lassemo, Eva https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5453-9082
Høiseth, Marikken https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7782-3564
Sen, Abhijit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9560-4226
Skeie, Marit S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7888-4868
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Council of Norway (320362, 320362, 320362, 320362)
Article History
Received: 6 August 2024
Accepted: 8 May 2025
First Online: 3 June 2025
Declarations
:
: The Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics in Norway reviewed and approved the present study protocol (approval no. 217487/REK Central). The approval included dispensation from informed consent for extracting caries data from dental health records in the PDS in Trøndelag County. The Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research also evaluated the study (ref. no. 726897). This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: Co-author Abhijit Sen is a member of the BMC Oral Health Editorial Board and hence has a competing interest as defined by BMC. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.