¹Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed to be university Dental college and hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA.

²Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, B. Y. L. Nair hospital and T. N. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: anita.shrikrishan@gmail.com

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