About the Authors

Sheela B. Abraham

Contributed equally to this work with: Sheela B. Abraham, Nizam Abdulla, Wan Harun Himratul-Aznita, Manal Awad, Lakshman Perera Samaranayake, Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nizam Abdulla

Contributed equally to this work with: Sheela B. Abraham, Nizam Abdulla, Wan Harun Himratul-Aznita, Manal Awad, Lakshman Perera Samaranayake, Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Wan Harun Himratul-Aznita

Contributed equally to this work with: Sheela B. Abraham, Nizam Abdulla, Wan Harun Himratul-Aznita, Manal Awad, Lakshman Perera Samaranayake, Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Manal Awad

Contributed equally to this work with: Sheela B. Abraham, Nizam Abdulla, Wan Harun Himratul-Aznita, Manal Awad, Lakshman Perera Samaranayake, Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Lakshman Perera Samaranayake

Contributed equally to this work with: Sheela B. Abraham, Nizam Abdulla, Wan Harun Himratul-Aznita, Manal Awad, Lakshman Perera Samaranayake, Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed

Contributed equally to this work with: Sheela B. Abraham, Nizam Abdulla, Wan Harun Himratul-Aznita, Manal Awad, Lakshman Perera Samaranayake, Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hany_endodontist@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.