About the Authors

Yi Chung

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Earl Fu

dentalab@tpts5.seed.net.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC EF. Performed the experiments: YC. Analyzed the data: YC EF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EF. Wrote the paper: YC EF.