About the Authors

Sarah-Jo Sinnott

s.sinnott@ucc.ie

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Claire Buckley

Affiliation Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

David O′Riordan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Colin Bradley

Affiliation Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Helen Whelton

Affiliation Oral Health Services Research Centre, University College Cork Dental School, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJS C. Buckley DOR C. Bradley HW. Performed the experiments: SJS C. Buckley DOR. Analyzed the data: SJS. Wrote the paper: SJS. Revising draft for intellectual content and provision of corrections: C. Buckley DOR C. Bradley HW.