Boukeng, Lionel Berthold Keubou
Minkandi, Claude Axel
Dapi, Leonie Nzefa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Linnaeus University
Article History
Received: 26 January 2023
Accepted: 5 April 2023
First Online: 12 May 2023
Declarations
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: Permissions to conduct the study were granted by the Department of Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde I of Cameroon by the authorization/Decision No.365/UY1/FMSB/VDRC/DAASR/CSD. Research authorizations were obtained from the Regional and Divisional delegations and the inspectorate of the basic education. All experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations set out in the Declaration of Helsinki. Inform consent for measurements and dental examination were obtained from the parents of all eligible pupils and verbal assent was obtained from pupils before the study.
: Informed consent was obtained from the parents and the verbal assent was sought from the pupils to publish their personal data in any online and open access journal.
: The authors declared that they have no competing interests.