He, Shumin
Gu, Deao
Jiang, Chengyue
Yi, Yingjie
Su, Xiaojie
Fan, Ziqing
Min, Li
Yang, Xudong
Liu, Chao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Key Project supported by Medical Science and Technology Development Foundation, Nanjing Department of Health under Grant (ZKX22055)
“2015” Cultivation Program for Reserve Talents for Academic Leaders of Nanjing Stomatological School, Medical School of Nanjing University (0223A210)
High-Level Hospital Construction Project of Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Institute of Stomatology (0224C049)
Article History
Received: 9 April 2025
Accepted: 22 August 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Nanjing Stomatological Hospital (approval No. JX-2023-NL60).
: All patients were informed and signed written consent forms to participate in the research. All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were by the ethical standards of the institutional and research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This manuscript was previously made available as a preprint on Research Square under the DOI [], but it was retracted on August 28, 2024, due to figure-related issues. In this revised version of the manuscript, we have supplemented and corrected the figures to ensure accuracy and reliability. The current version reflects these improvements, and this submission is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.