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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