Article History
Received: 3 April 2019
Accepted: 9 January 2020
First Online: 16 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Haramaya University, College of Health and Medical Sciences Institutional Health Research Ethics Review Committee (IHRERC) approved this study. Informed, voluntary, written and signed consent from parents/guardians and principals of the concerned schools with assent from participants was obtained. The subjects received an oral examination and referral for treatment as appropriate and upon completion of the dental examination and the interview, health education about oral health was given to the study subjects. The treatment cost to those parents/guardians who can afford the treatment fee was covered by themselves, but for those who cannot afford; the principal investigator covered it. Participants’ confidentiality of information was assured by excluding names and identifiers in the questionnaire.
: In our study, we don’t have any images or videos, etc. of individual participants.
: The authors declare that there is no financial or non-financial competing interests from anybody or institute. We also want to assure that we did not receive any technical assistance in developing the research concept or preparation of the manuscript.