About the Authors

Hiroko Ida-Yonemochi

Affiliation Division of Anatomy and Cell Biology of the Hard Tissue, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Gakkocho-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan

Yurie Yamada

Affiliation Division of Dental Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Gakkocho-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan

Hiroyuki Yoshikawa

Affiliation Division of Dental Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Gakkocho-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan

Kenji Seo

seo@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Dental Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Gakkocho-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KS HI. Data curation: HI. Formal analysis: HI. Funding acquisition: KS. Investigation: HI YY HY. Methodology: KS HI YY HY. Project administration: KS. Resources: KS HI YY HY. Software: HI. Supervision: HI KS. Validation: HI HY YY. Visualization: HI KS. Writing – original draft: HI KS. Writing – review & editing: HI KS.