About the Authors
- Nathan Zaltsman
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Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Department of Prosthodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
- Andrei C. Ionescu
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Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, IRCCS Galeazzi Institute, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Ervin I. Weiss
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Eugenio Brambilla
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, IRCCS Galeazzi Institute, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Shaul Beyth
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Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Orthopedic Surgery Complex, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
- Nurit Beyth
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: nuritb@ekmd.huji.ac.il
Affiliation Department of Prosthodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
Competing Interests
Prof. Nurit Beyth and Prof. Ervin I. Weiss are co-authors of registered patent with regards to preparation and use of QPEI antibacterial particles. The patent is entitled "Antimicrobial Nanoparticulate Additives Forming Non-Leachable Sustained Antimicrobial Polymeric Compositions", WO2006/070376A1. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.