Edited by
Jean-François Roulet, DDS, PhD, Prof hc Rolf Ewers, MD, DMD, PhD Marian-Vladimir Constantinescu, DDS, PhD
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editors-in-Chief
Jean-François Roulet DDS, PhD, Prof hc, Professor Department of Restorative Dental Science College of Dentistry University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
Co-Editors-in-Chief( Americas)
Hom-Lay Wang DDS, MSD, PhD Professor and Director of Graduate Periodontics Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine University of Michigan, School of Dentistry Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Co-Editors-in-Chief( Europe)
Nicoleta Ilie Dipl-Eng, PhD Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München München, Germany
Co-Editors-in-Chief( Asia-Pacific)
Rolf Ewers MD, DMD, PhD, Professor and Chairman em. University Hospital for Cranio Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
Mauro Marincola MD, DDS Clinical Assistant Professor State University of Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia
Alexandre Mersel DDS, PhD Professor, Director FDI Eastern Europe Geneva-Cointrin, Switzerland
Marian-Vladimir Constantinescu DDS, PhD, Professor Department of Prosthetic Dentistry Faculty of Dental Medicine“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania
George E. Romanos DDS, PhD, DMD Professor, Department of Periodontology School of Dental Medicine Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY, USA
Constantinus Politis MD, DDS, MM, MHA, PhD Professor and Chairperson, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium
Lakshman Samaranayake DSc( hc), DDS( Glas), DSRCSE( hon) FRCPath( UK), FRACDS( hon) Professor, Department of Oral Microbiomics and Infection, Head, School of Dental Medicine University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia
Senior Editors
Bruce R. Donoff DMD, MD Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Harvard University Boston, MA, USA
Emeritus Editors-in-Chief
Takahiro Ono DDS, PhD Associate Professor Department of Prosthodontics Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University Osaka, Japan
Mahesh Verma BDS, MDS, MBA, FAMS, FDSRCS( England), FDSRCPSG( Glasgow), FDSRCS( Edinburgh), PhD( HC) Professor, Department of Prosthodontics Director – Principal Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences New Delhi, India
Adrian Podoleanu David Wray
Eng, PhD, Professor, FInstP, FOSA, FSPIE
MD( Honours), BDS, MB ChB, FDS, RCPS( Glasgow) Professor of Biomedical Optics, Head of the FDS RCS( Edinburgh) F Med Sci, Professor Emeritus Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences Professor, Department of Oral Medicine University of Kent, Canterbury
Dental School, University of Glasgow
Kent, UK Glasgow, UK
Birte Melsen, DDS, Dr Odont Professor, Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark
Associate Editors-in-Chief
Mariano Sanz Alonso, DDS, MSD, PhD Professor, Complutense University of Madrid Madrid, Spain
Radu Septimiu Câmpian, DMD, MD, Professor Dean,“ Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
François Duret, DDS, DSO, PhD, MS, MD, PhD Professor, Acad( ANCD), University of Montpellier Montpellier, France
Luigi M Gallo, PhD, Dr Eng, MEng Professor and Chairman, University of Zürich Zürich, Switzerland
Peter Hermann, DMD, MSc, PhD Professor and Head, Vice-Rector Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary
Ecaterina Ionescu, DDS, PhD, Professor Vice-Rector,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Prathip Phantumvanit, DDS, MS, FRCDT Professor, Thammasat University Bangkok, Thailand
Julian B. Woelfel, DDS, FACD, FICD Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University Columbus, USA
Ion Lupan, DMD, MD, Profesor Dean,“ Nicolae Testemițanu” State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Chişinău, Moldova
Veronica Mercuţ, DMD, PhD, Professor, Dean University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova Dolj, Romania
Georg B. Meyer, DMD, PhD, Dr hc Professor and Chairman, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany
Pablo Galindo-Moreno, DDS, PhD Professor University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Rade D. Paravina, DDS, MS, PhD, Professor Director, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
Poul Erik Petersen, DDS, Dr Odont, BA, MSc Professor, WHO Senior Consultant University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark
Gottfried Schmalz, DDS, DMD PhD, Dr hc, Professor and Head Dean University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany
Rudolf Slavicek, MD, DMD Professor, Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
Anton Sculean, DMD, Dr hc, MS, Professor University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Sergey Talustanovich Sokhov, DDS, MD, PhD Professor, Vice-Rector“ A. I. Evdokimov” Moscow State University of Medicine and Stomatology, Moscow, Russia
Adam Stabholz, DDS, PhD, Professor, Head Dean, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Jerusalem, Israel
Jon B Suzuki, DDS, PhD, MBA Professor, Associate Dean Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Jacques Vanobbergen, MDS, PhD Professor Em. Professor and Chairman Gent University, Gent, Belgium
Yongsheng Zhou, DDS, PhD, Chair and Professor Associate Dean, Peking University Beijing, P R of China