Machado, Gabriela Manco http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1269-5113
Luca, Ana Clara Falabello http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6428-1321
Pereira, Renata Paz Leal http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9333-3848
Fernandez, Ana Yne
Rodrigues, Lucas Gabriel Santini http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8039-1109
Leite, Isabella Petroline http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1135-371X
Cenci, Maximiliano Sergio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2543-6201
Cenci, Tatiana Pereira http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5166-8233
Santos, Ana Paula Pires http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5688-4747
Oliveira, Branca Heloisa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0798-2479
Nadanovsky, Paulo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3345-9873
Lima, Marina Deus Moura http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7641-6331
Moura, Marcoeli Silva http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9044-9025
Lucena, Edson Hilan Gomes http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3431-115X
Lenzi, Tathiane Larissa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3568-5217
Crispim, Ana Carla http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3434-5667
Carrer, Fernanda Campos Almeida http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3745-2759
Gabriel, Mariana http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8824-5827
Lira, Claudia Cazal http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4015-6256
Gurgel, Carla Vecchione http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9493-9523
Pinheiro, Helder Henrique Costa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5567-3550
Pucca, Gilberto Alfredo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-9857
Martins, Fábio Carneiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7014-9439
Calvasina, Paola Gondim http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0356-6205
Tricoli, Maria Fernanda Montezuma http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-5699
Branco, Camila Menezes Costa Castelo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2722-9927
Freitas, Raiza Dias http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3205-8253
Imparato, José Carlos Pettorossi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-2851
Raggio, Daniela Prócida http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0048-2068
Tedesco, Tamara Kerber http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0794-1578
Mendes, Fausto Medeiros http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1711-4103
Braga, Mariana Minatel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4469-6500
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (156511/2018-5, 137013/2022-1, 443951/2023)
Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Inovação USP (2020.1.4353.1.5)
Article History
Received: 9 January 2024
Accepted: 1 March 2024
First Online: 19 April 2024
Declarations
:
: Prof. Mariana M. Braga is a Senior Editor, Prof. Tatiana Pereira-Cenci and Prof. Tathiane L. Lenzi are Associate Editors at BMC Oral Health. Besides, Prof. Paulo Nadanovsky is Editorial Advisor for the same journal. Nevertheless, none of them will take part of the editorial process related to this manuscript. Other authors do not have any competing interests.
: The study was already approved by the Ethics Committee of the Dentistry School, University of São Paulo (Protocol 5.219.910), and will be entirely conducted virtually, through electronic forms and email correspondence following the recommendations of the Brazilian National Research Ethics [] and World Health Organization guidelines for conducting DCEs []. The participants’ informed consent will be always obtained using the proper electronic forms approved by the Ethics Committee and will follow the systematic described in the protocol. Participants, after being clarified about the study protocol, risks and benefits, are invited to participate into the study and if they accept that, they should mark his/her decision on the electronic form. Additional participants’ informed consent will be applied to those participants who are willing to participate also as citizen researchers, as part of the citizen science strategy.
: Not applicable.