About the Authors

Hsin-Chung Cheng

g4808@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chen-Yi Su

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Amy Ming-Fang Yen

Affiliation School of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chiung-Fang Huang

Affiliations Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Dental Technology, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCC CYS CFH. Performed the experiments: HCC CYS CFH. Analyzed the data: HCC CYS AMFY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCC CYS AMFY CFH. Wrote the paper: HCC CYS AMFY CFH.