Fantaye, Wondwossen
Nur, Abdela
Kifle, Getachew
Engida, Fasikawit
Article History
Received: 15 November 2021
Accepted: 18 April 2022
First Online: 6 May 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional review board at the Department of Dentistry, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University after fulling the required guidelines in accordance with Ethiopian national ethics guidelines [CitationRef removed]. The written informed consent letter was carefully read to the participants prior to data collection and verbal informed consent was received from each participant which was approved by the ethics committee of Department of Dentistry, Addis Ababa University. Ethics committee members at the time:- Dr. Solomon Mulugeta, Dr. Shiferaw Degu and Dr. Girma Uma. The data collection and engagement with participants at the Ethiopian national association for the blind was authorized by Mr. Sultan Isimu, Head of the association at the time. The written informed consent letter was carefully read to the participants prior to data collection and verbal informed consent was received from each participant. Copy of the interview consent form is available on Additional fileInternalRef removed. The data collection was done by Certified dental Surgeons. The completed survey questionnaires were kept in a locked filing cabinet and the analyzed data was stored in a password protected hard drive.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.