About the Authors

Wicher J. van der Meer

w.j.van.der.meer@umcg.nl

Affiliation Assistant professor, Department of Orthodontics, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Frank S. Andriessen

Affiliation Postgraduate, Section of Oral Implantology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Daniel Wismeijer

Affiliation Professor and chair, Department of Oral Function and Restorative Dentistry, Head of the Section of Oral Implantology and Prosthodontics, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Yijin Ren

Affiliation Professor and chair, Department of Orthodontics, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJM YR DW. Performed the experiments: WJM FA. Analyzed the data: WJM YR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WJM YR DW. Wrote the paper: WJM YR DW FA.