Folayan, Morenike O.
Sam-Agudu, Nadia A.
Harrison, Abigail
Article History
Received: 15 January 2022
Accepted: 7 September 2022
First Online: 23 September 2022
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for the study was obtained from the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research Institutional Review Board, the Health Research Ethics Committee of Plateau State, and the Health Research Ethics Committee of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Written informed consent was obtained for all study participants. Parental consent was obtained for participants 10 to 17 years old and written assent for adolescents 12 to 17 years old. No identifier data was collected from respondents. All study methods were carried out in accordance with the National Health Research Ethics Code governing research conduct in Nigeria.
: Not applicable.
: MOF is a sectional editor with BMC Oral Health. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.