About the Authors
- Shi-qiang Gong
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Contributed equally to this work with: Shi-qiang Gong, Jeevani Epasinghe
Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Jeevani Epasinghe
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Contributed equally to this work with: Shi-qiang Gong, Jeevani Epasinghe
Affiliation Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Frederick A. Rueggeberg
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Affiliation College of Dental Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Li-na Niu
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Affiliation School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Donald Mettenberg
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Affiliation College of Dental Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Cynthia K. Y. Yiu
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Affiliation Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- John D. Blizzard
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Affiliation Quadsil Inc., Midland, Michigan, United States of America
- Christine D. Wu
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Affiliation College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Jing Mao
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* E-mail: ftay@georgiahealth.edu (FT); maojing1999@yahoo.com (JM)
Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Connie L. Drisko
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Affiliation College of Dental Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- David H. Pashley
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Affiliation College of Dental Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Franklin R. Tay
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* E-mail: ftay@georgiahealth.edu (FT); maojing1999@yahoo.com (JM)
Affiliation College of Dental Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following competing interests: David Lang of Lang Dental Manufacturing Co. Inc., supplied the Ortho-Jet acrylic for this study. John D. Blizzard is employed by Quadsil Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FRT FAR. Performed the experiments: SQG JE. Analyzed the data: SQG JE FAR LNN CDW JM DHP FRT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LNN DM CKYY JDB CLD. Wrote the paper: SQG JE FRT.