Nonoue, Shigeru
Mashita, Midori
Haraki, Shingo
Mikami, Akira
Adachi, Hiroyoshi
Yatani, Hirofumi
Yoshida, Atsushi
Taniike, Masako
Kato, Takafumi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (25293393)
Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry (Challenges for Intractable Oral Diseases)
Japan Science and Technology Agency (Center of Innovation Science and Technology based Radical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program)
Article History
Received: 5 February 2016
Accepted: 2 September 2016
First Online: 22 September 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This was an investigator-initiated study. Proassist, Ltd. in Japan partially supported research cost of this study. All data collection, statistical analyses and manuscript writing were performed by the investigators independently of Proassist.
: This study was funded by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (#25293393), the funds from the Intractable Oral Disease at Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, and Center of Innovation Science and Technology based Radical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (COISTREAM).
: TK received research grants from Proassist. Other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committees of Graduate School and School of Dentistry, Osaka University, and Osaka University Dental Hospital.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.