About the Authors

Jeremy S. Schaefer

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Dentistry, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dina Montufar-Solis

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Dentistry, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Niyati Nakra

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Dentistry, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nadarajah Vigneswaran

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Dentistry, Houston, Texas, United States of America

John R. Klein

john.r.klein@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Dentistry, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSS DMS NV JRK. Performed the experiments: JSS DMS NN. Analyzed the data: JSS DMS NV JRK. Wrote the paper: JSS NV JRK.