About the Authors

Reiko Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Yuichiro Noiri

noiri@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Mikiyo Yamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Yoko Asahi

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hazuki Maezono

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Masae Kuboniwa

Affiliation Department of Preventive Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Mikako Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Shigeyuki Ebisu

Affiliation Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed the method used in analysis of CLSM: MK. Conceived and designed the experiments: RY YN. Performed the experiments: RY MY YA HM. Analyzed the data: RY MY YA HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SE MH. Wrote the paper: RY.