About the Authors

Oluwaseyi Oyekunle Ogunsuji

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Periodontology & Community Dentistry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Oladimeji Adebayo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi

Contributed equally to this work with: Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi, Omotayo Francis Fagbule

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Omotayo Francis Fagbule

Contributed equally to this work with: Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi, Omotayo Francis Fagbule

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Periodontology & Community Dentistry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Adebayo Makinde Adeniyi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Nuhu Teri James

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

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria

Abdulmajid Ibrahim Yahya

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

Mumeen Olaitan Salihu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Tosin Babarinde

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Olusegun Olaopa

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Temitope Selowo

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

Ugo Uwadiako Enebeli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

doctorenebeli@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Dare Godiya Ishaya

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Competing Interests

All authors are members of NARD; however, the study was independently conducted and reported. NARD played only a funder’s role. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.