About the Authors

Joselene Martinelli Yamashita

Contributed equally to this work with: Joselene Martinelli Yamashita, Patrícia Garcia de Moura-Grec, Francisco Carlos Groppo, Sílvia Helena de Carvalho Sales-Peres

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Public Health, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil

Patrícia Garcia de Moura-Grec

Contributed equally to this work with: Joselene Martinelli Yamashita, Patrícia Garcia de Moura-Grec, Francisco Carlos Groppo, Sílvia Helena de Carvalho Sales-Peres

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Public Health, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil

Adriana Rodrigues de Freitas

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Public Health, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil

Arsênio Sales-Peres

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Public Health, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil

Francisco Carlos Groppo

Contributed equally to this work with: Joselene Martinelli Yamashita, Patrícia Garcia de Moura-Grec, Francisco Carlos Groppo, Sílvia Helena de Carvalho Sales-Peres

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Reginaldo Ceneviva

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Sílvia Helena de Carvalho Sales-Peres

Contributed equally to this work with: Joselene Martinelli Yamashita, Patrícia Garcia de Moura-Grec, Francisco Carlos Groppo, Sílvia Helena de Carvalho Sales-Peres

shcperes@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Public Health, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMY ASP SHCSP. Performed the experiments: JMY ARF PGMG. Analyzed the data: JMY FCG SHCSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMY. Wrote the paper: JMY PGMG FCG RC SHCSP.