Myran, Lena https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6704-287X
Sun, Yi-Qian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-9236
Dahllöf, Göran https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8536-5292
Willumsen, Tiril https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1089-8929
Rønneberg, Anne https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6349-6670
Havnen, Audun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4610-6842
Kvist, Therese https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4863-3598
Sen, Abhijit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9560-4226
Høvik, Hedda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5908-7372
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Liaison Committee for Education, Research and Innovation in Central Norway (2018/42794)
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 31 January 2025
Accepted: 25 June 2025
First Online: 10 July 2025
Declarations
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: In the Young-HUNT4 Survey, written informed consent was obtained from all participants or parents of those younger than 16 years. This consent includes permission to use data from Norwegian health and administrative registries, and participants´ medical and dental records for research purposes []. Our study was approved by The Norwegian Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (Reference number: 97505/REK South East).
: Not applicable.
: Abhijit Sen, a member of the BMC Oral Health Editorial Board is a co-author in this article, hence has a competing interest as defined by BMC. None of the other authors have competing interests or other interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper.