About the Authors

Rafaela da Silveira Pinto

Contributed equally to this work with: Rafaela da Silveira Pinto, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu, Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas

rafaelasilveirapinto@gmail.com

Affiliations Oral Health Department of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais State Health Department, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil., Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli

Contributed equally to this work with: Rafaela da Silveira Pinto, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu, Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas

Affiliation Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu

Contributed equally to this work with: Rafaela da Silveira Pinto, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu, Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas

Affiliation Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil., Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas

Contributed equally to this work with: Rafaela da Silveira Pinto, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu, Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas

Affiliation Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil., Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSP AGR MHNGA AMDV. Performed the experiments: RSP AGR. Analyzed the data: RSP AGR MHNGA AMDV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSP AGR MHNGA AMDV. Wrote the paper: RSP AGR MHNGA AMDV. Obtained permission for use of the SB Minas Gerais database: RSP.