About the Authors

Keiichi Tsukinoki

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

tsukinoki@kdu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Environmental Pathology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Tatsuo Yamamoto

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

Affiliation Department of Dental Sociology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Keisuke Handa

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Biochemistry, Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Mariko Iwamiya

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kanagawa Dental University Hospital, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Juri Saruta

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Pathology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Satoshi Ino

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Minimal Intervention Prosthodontics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Sakurai

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Maxillofacial Radiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.