About the Authors

Hong Su

HS is the first contributing author on this work.

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China

Bing Han

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China

Sa Li

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China

Bin Na

Affiliation Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China

Wen Ma

Affiliation Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China

Tian-Min Xu

tmxuortho@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMX. Performed the experiments: HS BH SL BN WM. Analyzed the data: HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS BH SL BN WM. Wrote the paper: HS.