Baggen, Jeanne H. M.
Koevoets, Anna C.
Koutris, Michail
Steegers, Monique A. H.
Lobbezoo, Frank
Article History
Received: 27 July 2023
Accepted: 18 December 2023
First Online: 4 January 2024
Declarations
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: All experiments were performed in accordance with guidelines and regulations of the Declaration of Helsinki.The study protocol was reviewed by the Medical-Ethical Review Committee of the VUmc (METc VUmc) (file 2019.108), which found that the study protocol did not need its approval.To whom it may concernWe are pleased to confirm that the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO) does not apply to the above mentioned study and that an official approval of this study by our committee is not required.The Medical Ethics Review Committee of VU University Medical Center is registered with the US Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) as IRB00002991. The FWA number assigned to VU University Medical Center is FWA00017598.Patients who agreed to participate received an Informed Consent and Research Information sheet by e-mail. The patients signed the informed consent and sent it back to the OFP specialist.Approval has also been given by ETC Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam under protocol number 202082 as an amendment to change from live interviews to video interviews due to COVID-19.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.