1Department of Basic Medical and Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
2Director of Teaching and Learning Center, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
3Adjunct Faculty, Dental Research Cell, Dr D. Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital, Dr D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, Maharashtra, India
4Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist, Dentscope Advanced Dental Studio, Chennai, India
5Biomedical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
*Correspondence: Prathibha Prasad p.prasad@ajman.ac.ae Elizabeth Fitriana Sari e.sari@ajman.ac.ae
Roles
Prathibha Prasad: Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft
Mahinour Amin: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft
Elizabeth Fitriana Sari: Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft
Lovely M Annamma: Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing
Dinesh Yasothkumar: Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft
Mehzabin Ahmed: Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
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