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Ansari, Asma Saher https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2413-0454
Ahmed, Imtiaz
Qureshi, Masood Anwar
Muqaddas, Zairah
Hussain, Mehwish
Rehman, Abdur
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Received: 29 July 2025
Accepted: 22 December 2025
First Online: 30 December 2025
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: This analytical cross-sectional research was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Hamdarad University Dental Hospital (Ref. No. HCM&D/HUDH/1102-10-21). Further, approval for subjects and sample collection was taken from the principals of selected schools and written informed consent/assent were taken from participants and parents (for participants under 16years). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
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