About the Authors

Tobias T. Hägi

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Sabrina Klemensberger

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Riccarda Bereiter

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Sandor Nietzsche

Affiliation Centre of Electron Microscopy, University Hospital of Jena, Jena, Germany

Raluca Cosgarea

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Department of Periodontology, Philips University, Marburg, Germany

Simon Flury

Affiliation Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Adrian Lussi

Affiliation Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Anton Sculean

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Sigrun Eick

sigrun.eick@zmk.unibe.ch

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTH SF AL AS SE. Performed the experiments: TTH SK RB SN RC SF. Analyzed the data: TTH SE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK RB SN SF AL AS. Wrote the paper: TTH SK RB SN RC SF AL AS SE.