About the Authors

Mahsa Karimi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Center for Caries Prevention, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Reza Khami

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Center for Caries Prevention, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Shabnam Varmazyari

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

shabnam.varmazyari@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Dental Students’ Scientific Research Center, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Ahmad Reza Shamshiri

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Center for Caries Prevention, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mahmoud Hormozi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Nourhan M. Aly

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Oral Health Initiative, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.