About the Authors

Rafael Pino Vitti

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Dentistry, University of Taubaté, Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Implantology, School of Dentistry, University Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Kusai Baroudi

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

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Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Centre of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Tarun Walia

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Centre of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Raghavandra M. Shetty

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Centre of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Adjunct Faculty, Sharad Pawar College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (Declared as Deemed-to-be University), Wadha, Maharashtra, India

Flávia Goulart da Rosa Cardoso

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of Taubaté, Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil

Flávia de Moura Pereira

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of Taubaté, Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil

Evandro Piva

Roles Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Cesar Henrique Zanchi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Gabriel Flores Abuna

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

Affiliations Department of Restorative Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Division of Biomedical Materials, School of Dental Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Carolina Oliveira de Lima

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Grande Rio University, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Emmanuel João Nogueira Leal Silva

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Grande Rio University, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Flávio Henrique Baggio Aguiar

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Mário Alexandre Coelho Sinhoreti

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.