About the Authors

Yanhui Zhao

Affiliation Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Science, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China

Dedong Yu

Affiliation Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Science, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China

Handong Li

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Ping Nie

Affiliation Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Science, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China

Yun Zhu

Affiliation Department of Oral & Maxillofacial-Head & Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China

Shengwen Liu

Affiliation Department of Oral & Maxillofacial-Head & Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China

Min Zhu

zminnie@yahoo.com (MZ); fangbing@sjtu.edu.cn (BF)

Affiliation Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Science, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China

Bing Fang

zminnie@yahoo.com (MZ); fangbing@sjtu.edu.cn (BF)

Affiliation Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Science, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHZ MZ BF. Performed the experiments: YHZ DDY YZ SWL. Analyzed the data: YHZ DDY HDL PN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YHZ DDY. Wrote the paper: YHZ MZ BF.