About the Authors

Yuthika Hemamala Samaranayake

Affiliation Oral Bio-sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Becky P. K. Cheung

Affiliation Oral Bio-sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Joyce Y. Y. Yau

Affiliation Oral Bio-sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Shadow K. W. Yeung

Affiliation Oral Bio-sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Lakshman P. Samaranayake

lakshman@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliation Oral Bio-sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHS LPS. Performed the experiments: BPKC JYYY. Analyzed the data: SKWY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LPS. Wrote the paper: YHS LPS.