About the Authors

Wolfgang H. Arnold

wolfgang.arnold@uni-wh.de

Affiliation Department of Biological and Material Sciences in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany

Bastian A. Heidt

Affiliation Department of Biological and Material Sciences in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany

Sebastian Kuntz

Affiliation Department of Biological and Material Sciences in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany

Ella A. Naumova

Affiliation Department of Biological and Material Sciences in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WHA. Wrote the paper: WHA. Carried out EDS analysis: BAH. Carried out morphometry: SK. Calculated statistics: EAN.