About the Authors

Effie Ioannidou

ioannidou@uchc.edu

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, Dental Clinical Research Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Amy Rosania

Affiliation Advanced Education Program in Periodontology, Division of Periodontology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EI. Performed the experiments: EI AR. Analyzed the data: EI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EI AR. Wrote the paper: EI. Compiled the journal list, Contacted the journals, collected and organized the data: EI AR.