About the Authors

Weiming Chu

Affiliations Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, PR China

Xiaomeng Song

Affiliations Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, PR China

Xueming Yang

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, PR China

Lu Ma

Affiliations Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, PR China

Jiang Zhu

Affiliations Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, PR China

Mengying He

Affiliations Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China, Department of Basic Science of Stomatology, College of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China

Zilu Wang

wzl710@163.com (ZW); wynoms@gmail.com (YW)

Affiliation Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China

Yunong Wu

wzl710@163.com (ZW); wynoms@gmail.com (YW)

Affiliations Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZW YW XS WC. Performed the experiments: WC ZW XY. Analyzed the data: WC ZW MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM JZ MH. Wrote the paper: WC.