The authors would like to acknowledge Prof. Luis Eduardo Almeida, native English speaker and associate professor at the Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Dentistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA for reviewing and correcting the scientific English of the article.
Author contributions
AM: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Data curation. MAI: Methodology, Investigation. KR: Conceptualization, Data curation. EP and RS: Software. MMM: Writing—review & editing. MC: Writing—review & editing, Project administration. GM: Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflicts of interest
Giuseppe Minervini who is the Guest Editor of Exploration of Medicine had no involvement in the journal review process of this manuscript. The other authors declare no conflict of interest.
Ethical approval
The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Human Ethical Committee of Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai (IHEC Ref No: IHEC/SDC/PhD/OPATH-1954/TH-001) and (SRB Ref No: SRB/SDC/PhD/OPATH-1618/TH-006).
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