About the Authors
- Amrita Vijay
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* E-mail: amrita.vijay@kcl.ac.uk
Affiliation King’s College London Dental Institute, Salivary Research Unit, London, United Kingdom
- Taichi Inui
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Affiliation Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Michael Dodds
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Affiliation Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Gordon Proctor
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Affiliation King’s College London Dental Institute, Salivary Research Unit, London, United Kingdom
- Guy Carpenter
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Affiliation King’s College London Dental Institute, Salivary Research Unit, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Two of the authors (Taichi Inui and Michael Dodds) are employees of Wrigley and had a role in study design, decision to publish and preparation of manuscript. Opinions and assertions contained herein are those of the authors and are not meant to be construed as the representing views of the organization which the authors are affiliated with. Herewith the authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials and confirm no conflict of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GC GP TI MD. Performed the experiments: AV. Analyzed the data: AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AV GC TI MD. Wrote the paper: AV GC GP TI.