About the Authors

Fumika Hirabayashi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infections and Molecular Biology, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Japan, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Science of Physical Functions, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Japan

Kenjiro Iwanaga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kenjiro.iwanaga.a2@tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Science of Physical Functions, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Japan

Toshinori Okinaga

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infections and Molecular Biology, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Japan

Osamu Takahashi

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Software

Affiliation Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Science of Physical Functions, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Japan

Wataru Ariyoshi

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Division of Infections and Molecular Biology, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Japan

Ryo Suzuki

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Drug Delivery System, Faculty of Pharma-Sciences, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Mutsumi Sugii

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Drug Delivery System, Faculty of Pharma-Sciences, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuo Maruyama

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Laboratory of Drug Delivery System, Faculty of Pharma-Sciences, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiro Tominaga

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Science of Physical Functions, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Japan

Tatsuji Nishihara

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infections and Molecular Biology, Department of Health Promotion, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.