About the Authors

Dominik Kraus

Affiliations Department of Prosthodontics, Preclinical Education, and Material Sciences, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Clinical Research Unit 208, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Jochen Winter

Affiliations Clinical Research Unit 208, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Søren Jepsen

Affiliations Clinical Research Unit 208, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Andreas Jäger

Affiliations Clinical Research Unit 208, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Department of Orthodontics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Rainer Meyer

Affiliation Institute of Physiology II, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

James Deschner

james.deschner@uni-bonn.de

Affiliations Clinical Research Unit 208, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Experimental Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD DK JW SJ AJ RM. Performed the experiments: DK JW. Analyzed the data: JD DK JW SJ AJ RM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD DK JW SJ AJ RM. Wrote the paper: JD DK JW SJ AJ RM.