About the Authors

Francisco Wilker Mustafa Gomes Muniz

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

muniz.fwmg@ufpel.edu.br

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Maísa Casarin

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

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Natália Marcumini Pola

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

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Taciane Menezes da Silveira

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Francisco Hecktheuer Silva

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Guilherme Azario de Holanda

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Larissa Viana de Oliveira

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Pedro Paulo de Almeida Dantas

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Bernal Stewart

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Latin American Oral Health Association, São Paulo, Brazil

Zilson Malheiros

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Latin American Oral Health Association, São Paulo, Brazil

Carlos Benítez

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Latin American Oral Health Association, São Paulo, Brazil

Lyndsay Schaeffer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

Drs. Stewart, Malheiros, and Schaeffer are employed by the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Dr. Benítez is employed by the Latin American Oral Health Association. Dr. Rösing and Dr. Muniz hold research scholarships from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq.