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Article History

Received: 17 August 2024

Accepted: 6 December 2024

First Online: 18 December 2024

Declarations

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: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants and the research involved no risk to the subjects and no adversely affect the rights and welfare of the subjects.To conduct this research, an electronic questionnaire was used to collect the opinions of the participants. In the distributed questionnaire, the participants informed consent to participate in the research was asked at first.The following text was sent to the participants at the beginning of the electronic questionnaire:Dear faculty member.This research is conducted to determine the competencies of orthodontic graduates in Iran. If you agree to participate in the research, please complete the following questionnaire, which is related to the competencies of orthodontic specialists.This research has been approved by the research committee of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IR.ARI.MUI.REC.1400.010).This manuscript is a part of a thesis report. This thesis was a developmental study entitled “Designing the Evaluation System of the Orthodontic Residency Course in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences based on a Programmatic Approach”. This manuscript was the report of the need assessment in this study. Therefore, it is not registered as a clinical trial.

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: The authors declare no competing interests.