About the Authors

Linda Rasubala

Affiliation Department of General Dentistry, University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health, 625 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14620, United States of America

Lavanya Pernapati

Affiliation Department of General Dentistry, University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health, 625 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14620, United States of America

Ximena Velasquez

Affiliation Department of General Dentistry, University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health, 625 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14620, United States of America

James Burk

Affiliation Department of General Dentistry, University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health, 625 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14620, United States of America

Yan-Fang Ren

yanfang_ren@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of General Dentistry, University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health, 625 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14620, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YFR LR JB. Performed the experiments: LP XV LR YFR. Analyzed the data: YFR LR. Wrote the paper: YFR LR.