About the Authors

Hiroo Itohiya

Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroo Itohiya, Yuji Matsushima

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Tsurumi ku, Yokohama, Japan

Yuji Matsushima

Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroo Itohiya, Yuji Matsushima

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Tsurumi ku, Yokohama, Japan

Satoshi Shirakawa

Roles Project administration, Software

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Tsurumi ku, Yokohama, Japan

Sohtaro Kajiyama

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Tsurumi ku, Yokohama, Japan

Akihiro Yashima

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Tsurumi ku, Yokohama, Japan

Takatoshi Nagano

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Tsurumi ku, Yokohama, Japan

Kazuhiro Gomi

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gomi-k@tsurumi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Tsurumi University, School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi, Tsurumi ku, Yokohama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.