About the Authors

Caroline Moura Martins Lobo Santos

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ronaldo Lira-Junior

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ricardo Guimarães Fischer

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ana Paula Pires Santos

Affiliation Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Branca Heloisa Oliveira

branca@uerj.br

Affiliation Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMMLS RLJ RGF APPS BHO. Performed the experiments: CMMLS RLJ APPS BHO. Analyzed the data: CMMLS RLJ RGF APPS BHO. Wrote the paper: CMMLS RLJ RGF APPS BHO.