Soares, Célio Leone Ferreira https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4895-3586
Douglas-de-Oliveira, Dhelfeson Willya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8628-3122
Rocha dos Santos, Cássio Roberto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0435-5223
Flecha, Olga Dumont https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6999-5398
Glória, José Cristiano Ramos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7991-1012
Gonçalves, Patricia Furtado https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1782-9654
Article History
Received: 24 January 2025
Accepted: 17 July 2025
First Online: 28 July 2025
Declarations
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: His study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, protocol #5.922.185 and conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, revised in 2013. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants.
: Not applicable.
: Dhelfeson W Douglas-de-Oliveira declares he is member of editorial board of BMC Oral Health. All authors declare that they have no competing interests.