Associate Editors
Gerwin Arnetzl, DDS, PhD Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Rafael Benoliel, DDS, PhD, BDS, Associate Dean, The State University of New Jersey Newark, NJ, USA
Dana Cristina Bodnar, DDS, PhD Dean,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Romeo Călărașu, MD, PhD, Acad( ASM)“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Asja Čelebić, DDS, MSc, PhD University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Norina Consuela Forna, DDS, PhD Dean,“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Jassy, Romania
Roland Frankenberger, DMD, PhD, FICD, FADM FPFA, Hon Prof Dean, University of Marburg Marburg, Germany
Lola Giusti, DDS, CERT University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, USA
Klaus Gotfredsen, DDS, PhD, Dr Odont University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
Maria Greabu, MD, PhD“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Galip Gürel, DDS, MSc Dentis Dental Clinic, Istanbul, Turkiye
Anastassia E Kossioni, DDS, PhD Athens Dental School University of Athens Athens, Greece
Amid I Ismail, BDS, MPH, MBA, Dr PH Dean, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Fawad Javed, BDS, PhD University of Rochester, NY, USA
Vjekoslav Jerolimov, DDS, PhD, Acad( CASA) University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Joannis Katsoulis, DMD, PhD, MAS University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Luca Levrini, DDS, PhD University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Giorgio Lombardo, MD, DDS University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Armelle Maniere-Ezvan, DDS, PhD Dean, Nice Sophia-Antipolis University, Nice, France
Domenico Massironi, DDS, PhD MSC Massironi Study Club, Melegnano Milano, Italy
Noshir R. Mehta, DMD, MDS, MS Associate Dean, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Meda-Lavinia Negruțiu, DMD, PhD Dean,“ Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania
Marian Neguț, MD, PhD, Acad( ASM)“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Jean-Daniel Orthlieb, DDS, PhD Vice-Dean, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
Letizia Perillo, DDS, PhD The Second University of Naples( SUN), Naples, Italy
Chiarella Sforza, MD, PhD University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Roman Šmucler, MD, PhD Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Roberto Carlo Spreafico, DM, DMD Busto-Arsizio, Milan, Italy
Editors
Marcus Oliver Ahlers, DDS, PD Hamburg University Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany Sorin Andrian, DDS, PhD“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Jassy, Romania Wilson Martins Aragão, DDS, PhD Catholic University of Rio De Janeiro Rio De Janeiro, Brasil Vasile Astărăstoae, MD, PhD“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Jassy, Romania Gabriela Băncescu, MD, MSc, PhD,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest Bucharest, Romania Cristina Maria Borțun, DDS, PhD“ Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, Romania Emanuel Adrian Bratu, DDS, MD, PhD“ Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, Romania
Alexandru Dumitru Brezoescu, DDS Chairman, Dentists’ College, Bucharest, Romania Alexandru Bucur, DDS, MD, PhD“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Octavian Buda, MD, PhD,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest Bucharest, Romania Bogdan Calenic, DDS, PhD,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest Bucharest Romania Nardi Caspi, DMD, MD Hebrew University Hadassah Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel Arnaldo Castellucci, DDS, PhD Florence, Italy Ingrīda Čēma, DDS Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia Gabi Chaushu, DMD, MD Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Rayleigh Ping-Ying Chiang, MD, MMS Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Andrea Cicconetti, DMD, MD, PhD“ Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy Paulo G. Coelho, DDS, PhD New York University, New York, NY, USA Robert A. Convissar, DDS, FAGD New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens New York, NY, USA Antonino Marco Cuccia, DDS, PhD University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy Orlando Alves Da Silva, MD, PhD Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal Ioan Dănilă, DDS, PhD“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Jassy, Romania Yuri Dekhtyar, Eng, Dr phys Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia Luc De Visschere, DDS, PhD Gent University, Gent, Belgium Bogdan Alexandru Dimitriu, DDS, PhD, Vice-Dean“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania Diana Dudea, DDS, PhD“ Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Daniel Edelhoff, CDT, DMD, PhD Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany Mohamed Sherine El-Attar, DDS, PhD University Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt Paul B. Feinmann, DDS, PhD Canton of Geneva, Switzerland Claudia Maria de Felicio, MD, PhD Universidade de São Paulo( USP) Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Luis J. Fujimoto, DDS, PhD New York University, New York, NY, USA Adi A. Garfunkel, DDS, PhD, Professor Em. Hebrew University Hadassah Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Daniela Aparecida Godoi Gonçalves, DDS, PhD UNESP- Univ Est Paulista, Araraquara, Brazil Martin D Gross, BDS, LDS, RCS, MSc Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Emilian Hutu, DDS, PhD“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Dorjan Hysi, DMD, MsC, PhD University of Medicine Tirana, Tirana, Albania Andrei C Ionescu, DDS, PhD University of Milan, Milan, Italy Abdolreza Jamilian, DDS, PhD Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Hercules Karkazis, BDS, PhD University of Athens, Athens, Greece Joanna Kempler, DDS, PhD University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA Amar Hassan Khamis, PhD, DEA, MSc, BSc College of Dental Medicine( HBMCDM), Dubai, UAE Heinz Kniha, DDS, MD, PhD Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München München, Germany Robert L. Ibsen, DDS, OD Santa Maria, CA, USA Henriette Lerner, DDS, PhD Baden-Baden, Germany Tomas Linkevičius, DDS, PhD Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania Mariam Margvelashvili, DDS, MSc, PhD Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA Paulo Ribeiro de Melo, DDS University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Rodolfo Miralles, MD, PhD University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Nina Mussurlieva, DDS, PhD Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Radmila R. Obradović, DDS, PhD, University of Niš Niš, Serbia Mutlu Özcan, DDS, PhD University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Mariana Păcurar, DDS, PhD University of Medicine and Pharmacy Târgu Mureș, Romania Ion Pătrașcu, DDS, PhD“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Sever Toma Popa, DDS, PhD“ Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Sanda Mihaela Popescu, DDS, PhD University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dolj, Romania Sorin Claudiu Popșor, DDS, PhD University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tg. Mureș, Romania
Alina Pūrienė, DDS, PhD Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania Xiaohui Rausch-Fan, DDS, PhD Bernhard-Gottlieb-University, Vienna, Austria Mihaela Răescu, DDS, PhD“ Titu Maiorescu” University, Bucharest, Romania Lucien Reclaru, Eng, PhD, Biomaterials Consultant University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Matjaz Rode, DDS, PhD University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Stephen F. Rosenstiel, BDS, MSD, Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Mare Saag, DDS, PhD University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia Hande Sar Sancakli, DDS, PhD Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkiye Martina Schmid-Schwap, DDS, PhD Bernhard-Gottlieb University, Vienna, Austria Gregor Slavicek, DDS, PhD Steinbeis University, Berlin, Germany Marius Steigmann, DDS, PhD Steigmann Implant Institute, Neckargemund, Germany Ștefan-Ioan Stratul, PhD, MSc, MDiv, Research Associate“ Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania Gianluca Martino Tartaglia, DDS, PhD University of Milan, Milan, Italy Mihai C. Teodorescu, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Madison Madison, WI, USA Douglas A. Terry, DDS, PhD Esthetics Institute of Esthetic & Restorative Dentistry Houston, TX, USA Bernard Touati, DDS, PhD Paris V University, Paris, France Tamara Tserakhava, DDS, PhD Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus Sorin Uram-Țuculescu, DDS, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA Constantin Marian Vârlan, DDS, PhD“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Irina Nicoleta Zetu, DDS, PhD“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Jassy, Romania
Reviewers-in-Chief
Stephen F. Rosenstiel, BDS, MSD Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
Mihaela Rodica Păuna, DDS, PhD Professor“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Sheldon Dov Sydney, DDS, FICD Associate Professor University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA World Editor, International, College of Dentists
Reviewers
Petr Bartak, Prague, Czech Republic Cristian Niky Cumpătă, Bucharest, Romania Nikolay Ishkitiev, Sofia, Bulgaria Barbara Janssens, Gent, Belgium John Kois, Seattle, WA, USA Cinel Maliţa, Bucharest, Romania Enrico Manca, Cagliari, Italy Vlademir Margvelashvili, Tbilisi, Georgia Costin Marinescu, München, Germany Marina Meleșcanu-Imre, Bucharest, Romania Joel Motta Junior, Manaus, AM, Brazil Hazem Mourad, Qassim, Saudi Arabia Paula Perlea, Bucharest, Romania Nikola Petricevic, Zagreb, Croatia Cristina Teodora Preoteasa, Bucharest, Romania Robert Sabiniu Şerban, Bucharest, Romania Elina Teodorescu, Bucharest, Romania Mei-Qing Wang, Xi’ an, China Maciej Zarow, Krakow, Poland
English Language Editor-in-Chief
Roxana-Cristina Petcu, Phil, PhD Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
English Language Editors
Valeria Clucerescu, Biol. Cristina Alina Huidiu, LIS Niculina Smaranda Ion, Phil.
Honorary Statistical Advisers
Radu Burlacu, PhD, Bucharest, Romania Ioan Opriș, PhD, Associate Scientist, Miami, USA
Editorial Book Reviewer
Florin Eugen Constantinescu, DMD, PhD Student Bucharest, Romania
Project Editor
Irina-Adriana Beuran, DMD, PhD Faculty of Dental Medicine“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania