About the Authors

Lu-Jin Cheng

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

Affiliations Department of Oral Rehabilitation and Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University (Affiliated Stomatology Hospital), Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China, Stomatological Research Institute of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China

Shu-Ya Dong

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Rehabilitation and Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University (Affiliated Stomatology Hospital), Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China

Xiao-Feng Ni

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Rehabilitation and Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University (Affiliated Stomatology Hospital), Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China

Long Mei

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Rehabilitation and Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University (Affiliated Stomatology Hospital), Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China

Jun-Gang He

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Rehabilitation and Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University (Affiliated Stomatology Hospital), Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China

Aynur Mamat

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Shache County People’s Hospital, Kashgar Prefecture, People's Republic of China

Zhong-Cheng Gong

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

gzc740904@xjmu.edu.cn

Affiliations Stomatological Research Institute of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China, Oncological Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University (Affiliated Stomatology Hospital), Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.