Saito, Mizuki
Shimazaki, Yoshihiro
Fukai, Kakuhiro
Furuta, Michiko
Aida, Jun
Ando, Yuichi
Miyazaki, Hideo
Kambara, Masaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23K16239)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22K10353)
Article History
Received: 20 August 2025
Accepted: 1 January 2026
First Online: 10 January 2026
Declarations
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: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Japanese Association for Dental Science, Tokyo, Japan (approval number 0002). Clinical trial number: not applicable. The study was conducted strictly in accordance with the relevant provisions of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. This study was reported according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines for reporting observational studies.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.