About the Authors

Frank Baan

Contributed equally to this work with: Frank Baan, Jeroen Liebregts

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Jeroen Liebregts

Contributed equally to this work with: Frank Baan, Jeroen Liebregts

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Tong Xi

Tong.Xi@radboudumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Ruud Schreurs

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Martien de Koning

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Stefaan Bergé

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Thomas Maal

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FB JL TX RS TM. Performed the experiments: FB JL TX RS TM. Analyzed the data: FB JL TX RS TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FB JL TX RS MK SB TM. Wrote the paper: FB JL TX RS MK SB TM. Designed the software used in analysis: FB RS TM. Operated the patients: TX MK.