About the Authors

Erin L. Gross

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Clifford J. Beall

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Stacey R. Kutsch

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Dentistry, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Noah D. Firestone

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Eugene J. Leys

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Ann L. Griffen

griffen.1@osu.edu

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Dentistry, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRK EJL ALG. Performed the experiments: ELG SRK. Analyzed the data: ELG CJB SRK NDF EJL ALG. Wrote the paper: ELG CJB ALG. Collected clinical samples: ELG SRK.