About the Authors

Kenichi Kiyomoto

Contributed equally to this work with: Kenichi Kiyomoto, Ichiro Matsuo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Ichiro Matsuo

Contributed equally to this work with: Kenichi Kiyomoto, Ichiro Matsuo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Kenji Suita

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Yoshiki Ohnuki

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Misao Ishikawa

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Oral Anatomy, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Aiko Ito

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Orthodontology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Yasumasa Mototani

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Michinori Tsunoda

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Akinaka Morii

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Megumi Nariyama

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Yoshio Hayakawa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Yasuharu Amitani

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Kazuhiro Gomi

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Satoshi Okumura

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

okumura-s@tsurumi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.