About the Authors

David Normando

davidnormando@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Dental School, Federal University of Pará, Belem, Brasil

Jorge Faber

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brasil

João Farias Guerreiro

Affiliation Laboratory of Human and Medical Genetics, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belem, Brasil

Cátia Cardoso Abdo Quintão

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Dental School, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN CCAQ. Performed the experiments: DN CCAQ. Analyzed the data: DN CCAQ JF JFG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DN CCAQ JF JFG. Wrote the paper: DN CCAQ JF JFG.