About the Authors
- Hiroyuki Tada
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* E-mail: htada@dent.tohoku.ac.jp
Affiliations Department of Oral Disease Research, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan, Division of Oral Microbiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
- Takashi Matsuyama
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Japan
- Takashi Nishioka
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Affiliation Division of Oral Diagnosis, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
- Makoto Hagiwara
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Affiliation Department of Oral Disease Research, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
- Yusuke Kiyoura
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Affiliation Department of Oral Medical Science, Ohu University School of Dentistry, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan
- Hidetoshi Shimauchi
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Affiliation Division of Periodontology and Endodontology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
- Kenji Matsushita
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Affiliation Department of Oral Disease Research, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HT KM. Performed the experiments: HT TM TN. Analyzed the data: HT TM TN KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT TM TN MH YK HS KM. Wrote the paper: HT KM.