About the Authors

Xie Xiaoting

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

Affiliations School of Stomatology, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China, The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China, School of Graduate Studies, Postgraduate Centre, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Nurul Azira Ismail

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

nurulazira_ismail@msu.edu.my (NAI); malhoot@msu.edu.my (MAA)

Affiliations School of Graduate Studies, Postgraduate Centre, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Mohammed Abdelfatah Alhoot

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

nurulazira_ismail@msu.edu.my (NAI); malhoot@msu.edu.my (MAA)

Affiliations School of Graduate Studies, Postgraduate Centre, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, International Medical School, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Liu Ying

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Stomatology, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China, The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Rabab Alayham Abbas Helmi

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Graduate Studies, Postgraduate Centre, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Qing Song

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China, School of Graduate Studies, Postgraduate Centre, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Li Ruiting

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

Affiliation School of Stomatology, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflicts of interest related to this study.