About the Authors

Yvonne Jockel-Schneider

jockel_y@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Inga Harks

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Imme Haubitz

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Stefan Fickl

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Martin Eigenthaler

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Ulrich Schlagenhauf

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Johannes Baulmann

Affiliation Clinic of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJ I. Harks I. Haubitz SF ME US JB. Performed the experiments: YJ JB. Analyzed the data: YJ I. Harks I. Haubitz SF ME US JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJ I. Harks ME US JB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YJ I. Harks I. Haubitz ME US JB.