About the Authors

Lili Gan

Affiliation Hubei-MOST KLOS & KLOBME, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China

Rong Jia

Affiliation Hubei-MOST KLOS & KLOBME, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China

Lili Zhou

Affiliation Hubei-MOST KLOS & KLOBME, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China

Jihua Guo

gjhpp@hotmail.com (JG); fmw@whuss.com (MF)

Affiliations Hubei-MOST KLOS & KLOBME, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China, Department of Endodontics, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China

Mingwen Fan

gjhpp@hotmail.com (JG); fmw@whuss.com (MF)

Affiliation Hubei-MOST KLOS & KLOBME, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG RJ JG MF. Performed the experiments: LG RJ LZ JG. Analyzed the data: LG RJ JG MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG MF. Wrote the paper: LG RJ JG MF.