About the Authors

Tong-Hong Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Tong-Hong Wang, Shih-Min Hsia

Affiliations Tissue Bank, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Research Center for Industry of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Shih-Min Hsia

Contributed equally to this work with: Tong-Hong Wang, Shih-Min Hsia

Affiliation School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Hao Wu

Affiliation School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shun-Yao Ko

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, College of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan, Innovate Research Center of Medicine, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan

Michael Yuanchien Chen

Affiliations Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung,Taiwan

Yin-Hua Shih

Affiliation Mind-Body Interface Lab, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Tzong-Ming Shieh

tmshieh@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Care, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Li-Chuan Chuang

Affiliations Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Craniofacial and Dental Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ching-Yi Wu

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: T-MS MYC. Data curation: S-YK C-HW. Formal analysis: S-MH C-HW. Funding acquisition: T-MS T-HW S-MH. Investigation: T-MS T-HW S-MH. Methodology: T-MS S-MH L-CC. Project administration: T-MS. Resources: MYC L-CC C-YW. Software: S-YK C-HW. Supervision: T-MS T-HW S-MH. Validation: Y-HS C-HW. Visualization: T-MS T-HW S-MH. Writing – original draft: T-MS. Writing – review & editing: T-HW.