Ayyad, Bassem M.
Hamed, Mohamed Said
Elrody, Ahmed
Hanna, Pierre A.
Younis, Ahmed Abdelmohsen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Suez Canal University
Article History
Received: 28 March 2025
Accepted: 23 June 2025
First Online: 5 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted at the Faculty of Dentistry, Suez Canal University, Egypt and approved by its Research Ethics Committee (Approval No. REC/534/2022). All participants provided written informed consent. The study followed the Declaration of Helsinki (1975) and its 2008 revision. It was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (ID: NCT06806423; registration date: January 28, 2025) can be accessed at ClinicalTrials.gov/study/NCT06806423. The study was designed in compliance with CONSORT guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.