About the Authors

Caoimhin Mac Giolla Phadraig

macgiolla@dental.tcd.ie

Affiliation Department of Public and Child Dental Health, Dublin Dental University Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

June Nunn

Affiliation Department of Public and Child Dental Health, Dublin Dental University Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Alison Dougall

Affiliation Department of Public and Child Dental Health, Dublin Dental University Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Eunan O'Neill

Affiliation Public Health, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Jacinta McLoughlin

Affiliation Department of Public and Child Dental Health, Dublin Dental University Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Suzanne Guerin

Affiliation School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMGP JN JM AD EON. Performed the experiments: CMGP. Analyzed the data: CMGP AD SG. Wrote the paper: CMGP JN AD JM SG EON.