∗Department of Oral and Craniofacial Health Science, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah
†Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, Sharjah, UAE
‡School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
§College of Dentistry, Anbar University, Ramadi, Iraq
||Tissue Bank, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Ali Al Qabbani, DDS, MSc, Clinical Instructor/Oral Surgery, Department of Craniofacial Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, and School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan Malaysia; E-mail: [email protected]
Received 5 April, 2017
Accepted 10 October, 2017
All procedures performed in our study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical and Research Committee, University of Sharjah and from Human Research Ethics Committee University Sains Malaysia ethical number (No DFCM/18/02/14/027) and (USM/JEPeM/15020045), respectively.
The study was supported by a competitive grant from the University of Sharjah and Sharjah Institute for Medical Research.
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
