Document is current

Article History

Received: 3 February 2026

Accepted: 22 April 2026

First Online: 30 April 2026

Declarations

:

: for this retrospective study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Dentistry, Atatürk University (Decision No: 70; Date: 22/06/2022; Protocol No: 08/2022). The requirement for informed consent to participate was waived by the same Ethics Committee due to the retrospective design of the study and the use of fully anonymized radiographic data, in accordance with national regulations governing retrospective studies using anonymized clinical data in Turkey. All procedures were conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.