About the Authors

Yeon Sook Kim

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health & Medical Sciences, Cheongju University, Cheongju, South Korea

Dae Won Kim

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Oral Biochemistry, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Korea

Seong-Gon Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Seong-Gon Kim, Suk Keun Lee

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

sukkeunlee2@naver.com (SKL); kimsg@gwnu.ac.kr (SGK)

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, South Korea

Suk Keun Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Seong-Gon Kim, Suk Keun Lee

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

sukkeunlee2@naver.com (SKL); kimsg@gwnu.ac.kr (SGK)

Affiliation Department of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, and Institute of Hydrogen Magnetic Reaction Gene Regulation, Gangneung, South Korea

Competing Interests

NO authors have competing interests.