About the Authors

Telma Blanca Lombardo Bedran

Affiliation Department of Oral Diagnosis and Surgery, Araraquara Dental School, State University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Louis Grignon

Affiliation Oral Ecology Research Group, Faculty of Dentistry, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Denise Palomari Spolidorio

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pathology, Araraquara Dental School, State University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Daniel Grenier

Daniel.Grenier@greb.ulaval.ca

Affiliation Oral Ecology Research Group, Faculty of Dentistry, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG DPS. Performed the experiments: TBLB LG. Analyzed the data: TBLB DG DPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG. Wrote the paper: DG DPS TBLB.