About the Authors
- Yoko Yokoyama
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* E-mail: info@dentalpbrn.jp
Affiliations Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Naoki Kakudate
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Affiliations Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Futoshi Sumida
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Affiliation Nagayama Family Dental Clinic, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Yuki Matsumoto
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Affiliation Wing Town Dental Clinic, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Gregg H. Gilbert
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Community Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Valeria V. Gordan
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Affiliation Department of Restorative Dental Sciences at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
Two authors are dentists employed by a dental clinic (Dr. Futoshi Sumida: Nagayama Family Dental Clinic and Dr. Yuki Matsumoto: Wing Town Dental Clinic). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Revised and reviewed the paper: YY NK FS YM GHG VVG. Conceived and designed the experiments: YY NK FS YM GHG VVG. Performed the experiments: NK YM FS. Analyzed the data: YY NK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY NK FS YM GHG VVG. Wrote the paper: YY NK.