About the Authors

Nikolaos Gkantidis

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Susan Blumer

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Christos Katsaros

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Daniel Graf

Affiliation Institute for Oral Biology, Center for Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Matthias Chiquet

matthias.chiquet@zmk.unibe.ch

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NG CK MC. Performed the experiments: NG SB DG. Analyzed the data: NG SB CK DG MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NG SB DG MC. Wrote the paper: NG DG MC.