About the Authors
- Yin-Hua Shih
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Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Dan-Jae Lin
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Affiliation Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Care, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Kuo-Wei Chang
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Affiliations Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Shih-Min Hsia
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Affiliation School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Shun-Yao Ko
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Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medical Science, College of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Shyh-Yuan Lee
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Affiliation Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Shui-Sang Hsue
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Affiliation Department of Oral Pathology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Tong-Hong Wang
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Affiliation Tissue Bank, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
- Yi-Ling Chen
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Affiliation Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Care, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Tzong-Ming Shieh
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* E-mail: tmshieh@mail.cmu.edu.tw
Affiliation Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Care, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TMS YHS DJL KWC. Performed the experiments: YHS DJL SMH SYK YLC KWC. Analyzed the data: THW TMS KWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SYL SSH KWC. Wrote the paper: TMS YHS DJL KWC.