About the Authors

Aliye Akcalı

Affiliations Institute of Oral Biology, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

Nagihan Bostanci

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Özgün Özçaka

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

Banu Öztürk-Ceyhan

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Aydın Government Hospital, Aydın, Turkey

Pınar Gümüş

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

Nurcan Buduneli

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

Georgios N. Belibasakis

george.belibasakis@zzm.uzh.ch

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA GNB. Performed the experiments: AA N. Bostanci. Analyzed the data: AA N. Bostanci GNB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA OO PG BOC N. Buduneli. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AA GNB. Critically reviewed the manuscript: N. Bostanci N. Buduneli.