About the Authors
- Wataru Yamanaka
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Affiliation Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Fukuoka, Japan
- Toru Takeshita
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Affiliation Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Fukuoka, Japan
- Yukie Shibata
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Affiliation Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Fukuoka, Japan
- Kazuki Matsuo
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Affiliations Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Fukuoka, Japan, Section of Dental Anesthesiology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Fukuoka, Japan
- Nobuoki Eshima
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu City, Oita, Japan
- Takeshi Yokoyama
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Affiliation Section of Dental Anesthesiology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Fukuoka, Japan
- Yoshihisa Yamashita
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* E-mail: yoshi@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Fukuoka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TT YY NE TY. Performed the experiments: WY TT YS KM. Analyzed the data: WY TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY TT. Wrote the paper: WY TT YY.