About the Authors

Kazuya Doi

kazuya17@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshi Oue

Affiliation Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Koji Morita

Affiliation Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Shiho Kajihara

Affiliation Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Takayasu Kubo

Affiliation Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Katsunori Koretake

Affiliation Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Vittoria Perrotti

Affiliation Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, Chieti-Pescara University, Chieti, Italy

Giovanna Iezzi

Affiliation Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, Chieti-Pescara University, Chieti, Italy

Adriano Piattelli

Affiliation Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, Chieti-Pescara University, Chieti, Italy

Yasumasa Akagawa

Affiliation Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KD HO YA. Performed the experiments: KD HO TK. Analyzed the data: KK GI AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KD HO KM SK. Wrote the paper: KD VP YA.