About the Authors
- J. Max Goodson
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Affiliation Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mary Tavares
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Affiliation Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Xiaoshan Wang
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Affiliation Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Richard Niederman
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Affiliation Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Maryann Cugini
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Affiliation Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Hatice Hasturk
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Affiliation Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Roula Barake
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Affiliation Nutritional Services, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Osama Alsmadi
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Affiliation Biomedical Research, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Sabiha Al-Mutawa
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Affiliation Oral Health, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Jitendra Ariga
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Affiliation School Oral Health Program, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Pramod Soparkar
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Affiliation Applied Oral Sciences, the Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jawad Behbehani
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Affiliation Administration, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Kazem Behbehani
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Affiliation Administration, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JMG MT MC HH RB OA SA JA JB KB. Performed the experiments: JA HH MC RB MT PS. Analyzed the data: JMG XW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMG KB JB JA PS. Wrote the manuscript: JMG MT XW RN MC HH RB OA SA JA JB KB PS.