Reply to: Letter to the Editor on the Paper: "Do the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Dentistry Meet the Quality Standards?"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Dentistry, Radboud University Medical Center, Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Rokaia Ahmed Elagami et al. Int J Paediatr Dent. 2025 Nov.

. 2025 Nov;35(6):1023-1025.

doi: 10.1111/ipd.70015. Epub 2025 Jul 29.

¹ Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Dentistry, Radboud University Medical Center, Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: community pediatric dentistry; dental education; restorative dentistry/dental materials.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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