About the Authors

Chundong Liu

Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China, College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Yanli Zhang

Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China, College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Lichao Wang

Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China, College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Xinhua Zhang

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Qiuyue Chen

Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China, College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Buling Wu

bulingwu@smu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China, College of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL BW. Performed the experiments: CL YZ LW XZ QC. Analyzed the data: CL YZ LW XZ QC BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL YZ LW XZ QC BW. Wrote the paper: CL YZ LW XZ QC BW.