About the Authors

Abish S. Stephen

a.s.stephen@qmul.ac.uk

Affiliation Research Centre for Clinical & Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Emma Millhouse

Affiliation Infection and Immunity Research Group, Dental School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Leighann Sherry

Affiliation Infection and Immunity Research Group, Dental School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Joseph Aduse-Opoku

Affiliation Research Centre for Clinical & Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Shauna Culshaw

Affiliation Infection and Immunity Research Group, Dental School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Gordon Ramage

Affiliation Infection and Immunity Research Group, Dental School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

David J. Bradshaw

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Weybridge, United Kingdom

Gary R. Burnett

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Weybridge, United Kingdom

Robert P. Allaker

Affiliation Research Centre for Clinical & Diagnostic Oral Sciences, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

DB and GB are employees of GlaxoSmithKline. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AS GR DB GB RA. Data curation: AS LS. Formal analysis: AS. Funding acquisition: DB GB RA. Investigation: AS LS JA. Methodology: AS EM LS JA SC. Project administration: AS DB RA. Resources: GR EM LS JA. Supervision: GR DB GB RA. Validation: AS EM LS JA. Visualization: AS. Writing – original draft: AS RA. Writing – review & editing: EM SC JA SC GR DB GB RA.