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Ethical approval was obtained from the Ordu University Non-Interventional Scientific Research Ethics Committee (Decision No: 2024\/68).The study was carried out in accordance with the ethical principles of the World Medical Association and complied with the Declaration of Helsinki.Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to tooth extraction, allowing the use of their extracted teeth for research purposes.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Ethics approval and consent to participate"}},{"value":"Not applicable.","order":3,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Consent for publication"}},{"value":"The authors declare no competing interests.","order":4,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Competing interests"}}],"article-number":"1122"}}