About the Authors
- Xian-Tao Zeng
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Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital and School of Stomatology, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
- Ai-Ping Deng
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
- Cheng Li
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Affiliations Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital and School of Stomatology, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
- Ling-Yun Xia
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Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital and School of Stomatology, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
- Yu-Ming Niu
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Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital and School of Stomatology, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
- Wei-Dong Leng
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* E-mail: lengtaihe@163.com
Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital and School of Stomatology, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XTZ WDL. Performed the experiments: APD CL LYX. Analyzed the data: XTZ YMN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XTZ YMN. Wrote the manuscript: XTZ APD WDL YMN. Contributed to research conception: XTZ WDL. Were responsible for studies searching and selecting and extracting data: APD CL LYX. Carried out data entry and statistical analyses: XTZ. Checked data entry and statistical analyses: YMN. All disagreements were discussed and agreed with: WDL XTZ. Drafted the paper: APD. Critically reviewed the paper: WDL YMN.