About the Authors
- Hui Xue
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hui Xue, Jun Zheng
Affiliations Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China, Department of Dentistry, Hegang People's Hospital, Hegang, China
- Jun Zheng
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hui Xue, Jun Zheng
Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
- Ziping Cui
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Affiliation Department of Digestive Diseases, Hegang People's Hospital, Hegang, China
- Xiufeng Bai
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
- Gang Li
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
- Caidi Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Stomatological Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
- Sanhu He
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
- Weihong Li
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Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Stomatological Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
- Shayanne A. Lajud
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Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Yinzhong Duan
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* E-mail: duanyz@fmmu.edu.cn (YD); zhouhongdean@126.com (HZ)
Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Hong Zhou
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* E-mail: duanyz@fmmu.edu.cn (YD); zhouhongdean@126.com (HZ)
Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Stomatological Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HX JZ YD HZ. Performed the experiments: HX JZ ZC GL XB CZ SH. Analyzed the data: XB CZ WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HX JZ ZC GL WL. Wrote the paper: HX JZ SL YD HZ.