Li, Long
Zhang, Jianyun
Cai, Xinjia
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2024JJ6600)
General projects of Hunan Provincial Health Commission (D202308029391)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF (GZB20240038)
National Key RD Program of China (2021YFF1201100)
Article History
Received: 7 November 2025
Accepted: 14 April 2026
First Online: 22 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Research Ethics Committees of Xiangya Stomatological Hospital of Central South University (Approval No: 20230030) and Peking University Hospital of Stomatology (Approval No: PKUSSIRB-202497028). Informed consent to participate was obtained from all of the participants in the study. Personal information was protected throughout the study, with data securely stored and used exclusively for research purposes.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.