About the Authors

Xuepeng Chen

cxp1979@163.com (XC); qingsongye@hotmail.com (QY)

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Hospital of Stomatology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Tianhou Zhang

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Jiejun Shi

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Hospital of Stomatology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Ping Xu

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Zexu Gu

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Qindu Stomatological College, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Andrew Sandham

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Lei Yang

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, Qindu Stomatological College, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Qingsong Ye

cxp1979@163.com (XC); qingsongye@hotmail.com (QY)

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XC AS QY. Performed the experiments: XC TZ PX ZG LY. Analyzed the data: XC JS AS QY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XC AS QY. Wrote the paper: XC AS QY.