About the Authors

Junia Maria Serra-Negra

juniaserranegra@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Saul Martins Paiva

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Mauro Henrique Abreu

Affiliation Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Carmen Elvira Flores-Mendoza

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Isabela Almeida Pordeus

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

There are not any financial, economic or professional interests that may influence positions presented in the manuscript. The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMSN. Performed the experiments: JMSN CEFM. Analyzed the data: MHA JMSN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMP IAP. Wrote the manuscript: JMSN SMP CEFM IAP. Responsible for psychological tests analysis: CEFM.