1. Elizabeth A. Mertz ( ) is an associate professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, and the Healthforce Center, both at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
2. Cynthia D. Wides is a research analyst in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, and the Healthforce Center, UCSF.
3. Aubri M. Kottek is a research analyst at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Healthforce Center, both at UCSF.
4. Jean Marie Calvo is a student in the School of Dentistry at UCSF.
5. Paul E. Gates is chair of the Department of Dentistry at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center and the Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Health Center, and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Dentistry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, all in New York City.