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Table 1 Participant’ recruited criteria

From: Estimation of gingival crevicular fluid oxidative stress markers in school-aged children and teenagers with insufficient sleep

The inclusion criteria

(i) Participants with no systemic diseases or treatments

(ii) Reliable and cooperative patients

(iii) 6–17 years old (school-aged children/teenagers)

(iv)Subjects with insufficient sleep (sleep duration of fewer than 7 h) and sufficient sleep (sleep duration of more than 7 h)

(v)No smoking history

(vi) No obesity

The exclusion criteria

(i) Addictive participants on alcohol/ cigarettes/drug/

(ii) Obesity

(iii) ongoing orthodontic treatment

(iv) Unreliable and uncooperative patients