About the Authors

Xianyu Li

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontology, College of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China, Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment for Oral Infectious Diseases, Nanning, China, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

He Liu

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

Affiliation Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Lari Häkkinen

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Guoqiao Jiang

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Binwen Chen

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Markus Haapasalo

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Ya Shen

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

yashen@dentistry.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.