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Article History

Received: 31 October 2025

Accepted: 13 February 2026

First Online: 18 February 2026

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Dentistry, Non-Drug and Non-Medical Device Research Ethics Committee (Konya, Turkey; approval no: 2025/613; June 26, 2025). The data were anonymized and stored on secure servers accessible only to the research team. I declare and undertake that I have read the current versions of the Declaration of Helsinki and the Good Clinical Practice Guide and the Good Laboratory Practice Guide, that the study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and that all units and personnel participating in the study have been informed about the study. Informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants. Each participant could proceed to the remaining questions of the survey only after answering “Yes” to the first question, which asked whether they voluntarily agreed to participate in the study.

: Ethics committee approval and informed consent have been obtained. Documents have been uploaded.

: Not applicable.

: During the preparation of this manuscript the authors used ChatGPT (OpenAI) to improve the language, expression, and structural clarity of the text. Following use of this tool, the content was carefully reviewed by the authors, necessary revisions were made, and the authors accept full responsibility for the published content.

: The authors declare no competing interests.