About the Authors

Hsi-Feng Tu

Affiliations Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, I-Lan, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Ji Liu

Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Che-Lun Chang

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Pei-Wen Wang

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shou-Yen Kao

Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Chieh Yang

Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

En-Hao Yu

Affiliations Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, I-Lan, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shu-Chun Lin

sclin@ym.edu.tw (SCL); ckcw@ym.edu.tw (KWC)

Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Kuo-Wei Chang

sclin@ym.edu.tw (SCL); ckcw@ym.edu.tw (KWC)

Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HFT KWC SCL. Performed the experiments: CJL CLC PWW. Analyzed the data: HFT CLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJL SYK CCY EHY. Wrote the paper: HFT SCL KWC.