well. These countries were faced with Benjamin Disraeli’ s statement:,, Upon the education of the people of this country, the fate of this country depends”. Now access to databases on the Internet is unprecedented, unlimited. You must have acquired the research methodology and have the ability to select your bibliographic sources. Difficulties occurred when you wanted to read a treatise which could cost as much as your monthly salary paid by the state, as a practitioner or educator; when you wanted to participate in some congress or hands-on refresher course. Initially, there were problems with getting your visa, then there came the costs of airfare, hotel accommodation and the participation fee. Even if some professional societies or associations would exempt their colleagues from the former communist countries from the payment of the participation fee or asked for a lower fee, such as a student or pensioner fee, the financial burden of participating in a congress in Europe was felt for over half a year. We found ourselves in the position of inviting the great professionals and professors of dentistry to our country. The Romanian Society of Stomatology, founded in 1923, organized the FDI World Congress in Bucharest in 1970. During this event a decision was adopted to introduce the FDI tooth notation system. The Romanian Society of Stomatology extended invitations to a number of professionals to deliver conferences during this event to. Here are some of those who generously accepted to do it: Dr. Paul B. Feinmann from Geneva, prof. Sami Sandhaus from Lausanne, prof. Julian B Woelfel from Ohio University, CO, USA and others as well. During the Dracula Tour I managed to strike a close friendship with Prof. Woelfel and his family. So, Prof. Dumitru David and myself are privileged to receive from Prof. Woelfel a presentation copy of each and every edition of his remarkable treatise on Dental Anatomy. To my surprise I have recently received an advanced copy of Woelfel’ s Dental Anatomy- ninth edition to be issued in 2017 by Wolters Kluwer Publisher! At first our associations could only cover the accommodation costs as well the social program. Then we also started covering economy class plane tickets. There were exceptional circumstances when some lecturers asked for 10,000 euro for a one-day lecture and a hands-on event and some professional associations managed to meet their request. Indeed,, Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.” as Aristotle said. This may be the reason why the EU has adopted a program of lifelong learning( LLP). The objective of this EU program is to contribute by promoting lifelong learning, to the development of the EU as an advanced knowledge society with sustainable economic growth with more jobs and greater social cohesion. LLP is a challenge for our prestigious journal editors to be actively involved in raising awareness and educate our readers so they can continuously improve their quality of care. Sincerely yours, M-V Constantinescu Editor-in-Chief
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