About the Authors

Kajita Piriyaprasath

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand

Mana Hasegawa

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Division of General Dentistry and Dental Clinical Education Unit, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan

Yuya Iwamoto

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Division of Dental Clinical Education, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Rantaro Kamimura

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Andi Sitti Hajrah Yusuf

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia

Noritaka Fujii

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of General Dentistry and Dental Clinical Education Unit, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan, Division of Dental Clinical Education, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Kensuke Yamamura

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Keiichiro Okamoto

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

okamoto12@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Sakeology Center, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.