Essam, Alaa
Domiaty, Shahira El
Attia, Nahed
Helal, Hala
Meheissen, Mohamed
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alexandria University
Article History
Received: 5 July 2025
Accepted: 17 February 2026
First Online: 20 March 2026
Declarations
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: A clinical trial was conducted following Helsinki's code and CONSORT guidelines. The study was a randomized, parallel, single-blind clinical trial, applying CONSORT specifications, with participants randomly assigned into test and control groups using a computer-generated random list. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University (IRB 00010556) - (IORG 0008839). Detailed informed consent was provided by each patient.
: The authors declare no competing interests.