About the Authors

Hawra AlQallaf

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

Affiliation Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, School of Dentistry, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Yusuke Hamada

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, School of Dentistry, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Steven Blanchard

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, School of Dentistry, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Daniel Shin

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, School of Dentistry, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Richard Gregory

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Applied Sciences, School of Dentistry, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mythily Srinivasan

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

mysriniv@iu.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine and Radiology, School of Dentistry, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.