About the Authors

Quyen Cheng

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Matrix Dynamics Group, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ze’ev Seltzer

Affiliation Centre for the Study of Pain, Faculties of Dentistry and Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Corneliu Sima

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Matrix Dynamics Group, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Flavia S. Lakschevitz

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Matrix Dynamics Group, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Glogauer

michael.glogauer@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Matrix Dynamics Group, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QC CS MG. Performed the experiments: QC CS FL. Analyzed the data: QC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG. Wrote the paper: QC ZS CS MG.