About the Authors

Anas Almukhtar

Affiliation Orthodontic Department, Glasgow Dental School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Xiangyang Ju

Affiliations Medical Device Unit, Department of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Honorary Research Fellow, Glasgow Dental School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Balvinder Khambay

bkhambay@hku.hk

Affiliation Discipline of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

James McDonald

Affiliation Orthodontic Department, Glasgow Dental School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Ashraf Ayoub

Affiliation Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Glasgow Dental School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAL XJ BK. Performed the experiments: AAL. Analyzed the data: AAL XJ. Wrote the paper: AAL XJ BK JM AA.