About the Authors

Yung-Kai Huang

Affiliation School of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Fang Lee

Affiliation School of Dental Technology, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Meng-Jiy Wang

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Yus-Han Sophie Chang

Affiliation Division of Oral Rehabilitation and Center of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Shiun Tchaou

Affiliation Division of Oral Rehabilitation and Center of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Jen Chang

Affiliation School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Sheng-Yang Lee

Affiliations School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Dental Department of Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Joen-Rong Sheu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Nai-Chia Teng

dianaten@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Division of Oral Rehabilitation and Center of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WFL YHSC WST JRS. Performed the experiments: YHSC WST NCT. Analyzed the data: YKH MJW SYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WFL WJC NCT. Wrote the paper: WFL YKH MJW NCT. Partly contributed to the conception and design of the work, and recruited the study subjects: YHSC WST SYL.