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AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS 8 135 Conflicts of interests: Monique H. van der Veen is a co-inventor on several patents relating to quantitative light-induced fluorescence. The authors declare that otherwise there is no conflict of interest pertaining to the data presented in this article. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. Chapter 3 Published as: Microbial profile of dental plaque associated to white spot lesions in orthodontic patients immediately after the bracket removal. Authors: M.W. Beerens, J.M. ten Cate, M.H. van der Veen. Published in: Archives of Oral Biology (2017). Author contributions: Conceived and designed the study: MvdV, MB Performed the study: MB, MvdV Analysed the data: MB, MvdV Drafted the manuscript: MvdV, MB Critically revised the manuscript: JtC Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Najoua Azijli (Faculty of earth and life sciences, VU University, Amsterdam) for technical assistance. Funding sources: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Conflicts of interests: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.