About the Authors

Bidisha Paul

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Maria A. Sierra

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Fangxi Xu

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Yasmi O. Crystal

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

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Xin Li

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Deepak Saxena

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ds100@nyu.edu (DS); ryan.ruff@nyu.edu (RRR)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Ryan Richard Ruff

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

ds100@nyu.edu (DS); ryan.ruff@nyu.edu (RRR)

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America, New York University College of Global Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.