Acknowledgement
The authors thank the researchers at the Advanced Dental Device Development Institute, Kyungpook National University, for their time and contribution to the study. This work was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT, No.2022R1C1C2007040). This research was supported by the Bio Industry Technology Development Program of the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (20018114)
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