Wada, Kanae
Ijbara, Manhal
Salim, Nesreen A.
Wada, Junichiro
Iwamoto, Tsutomu
Article History
Received: 5 December 2022
Accepted: 16 January 2023
First Online: 25 January 2023
Declarations
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: The protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Institutional Research Board Approval Number: 1032). The authors of this paper declare no conflict of interests in association with the studies (Form No. 965–6). The human teeth specimens were extracted for reasons other than this study, mostly for orthodontic reasons, stored in a disinfectant solution in a tooth bank at TMDU. Patients/caregivers informed consent was obtained voluntarily at all times. Teeth were collected from children and adults who are bona fide TMDU dental patients and were treated for reasons other than this study. IRB number for this study deemed sufficient as the informed consents were obtained previously at time of extraction. All study related procedures were carried out in accordance with the principles of Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.