About the Authors

Jeffersson Krishan Trigo Gutierrez

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Gabriela Cristina Zanatta

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Ana Laura Mira Ortega

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Isabella Cuba Balastegui

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Paula Volpato Sanitá

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Ana Cláudia Pavarina

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Paula Aboud Barbugli

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Ewerton Garcia de Oliveira Mima

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ewertonmima@foar.unesp.br

Affiliation Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors declare a competing financial interest, a patent deposited on National Institute for Industrial Property-INPI in Brazil on July 4, 2016, process number BR 10 2016 015631 9, entitled "Processo de Obtenção de Nanopartículas Poliméricas Aniônicas e Catiônicas de Curcumina, Nanopartículas Obtidas e Seus Usos". This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There is no other competing interest.