Jean-Daniel Orthlieb, DDS, PhD Professor and Chairman Department of Dental Anatomy &
Occlusodontology Vice-Dean, Faculty of Odontology Aix Marseille University Marseille, France
Mariana Păcurar, DDS, PhD Professor Discipline of Orthodontics and Dento- Facial Orthopedics Dean, Faculty of Dental Medicine University of Medicine and Pharmacy Târgu Mureș, Romania
Gabriela Pițigoi-Aron, DDS, PhD Professor Department of Integrated Reconstructive
Dental Sciences Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry University of the Pacific San Francisco, CA, USA
George E. Romanos, DDS, DMD, PhD Professor Department of Periodontology /
Implant Dentistry Associate Dean, SUNY Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY, USA
Mugurel C. Rusu, MD, PhD Associate Professor Faculty of Dental Medicine“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and
Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania
Anton Sculean, DMD, Dr hc, MS Professor and Chairman Department of Periodontology University of Bern Bern, Switzerland
Chiarella Sforza, MD, PhD Professor Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health Faculty of Medicine University of Milan, Milano, Italy
Roman Šmucler, MD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Maxillofacial Surgery First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
Sorin Uram-Țuculescu, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Prosthodontics School of Dentistry Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA, USA
David Wray, MD( Honours), BDS, MB ChB, FDS RCPS( Glasgow)
FDS RCS( Edinburgh), F Med Sci Professor Emeritus, Professor and Chairman Department of Oral Medicine Dean, Dubai School of Dental Medicine Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Emeritus Editors-in-Chief
Emeritus Editors-in-Chief
Birte Melsen, DDS, Dr Odont Professor Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Prathip Phantumvanit, DDS, MS, FRCDT Professor Thammasat University,
Bangkok, Thailand
Rudolf Slavicek, MD, DMD Professor Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Julian B. Woelfel, DDS, FACD, FICD Professor The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
Editors
Editors
Marcus Oliver Ahlers, DDS, PD Hamburg University Eppendorf Hamburg, Germany
Orlando Alves Da Silva, MD, PhD Professor Universitary Hospital of Santa Maria Lisbon, Portugal
Sorin Andrian, DDS, PhD
Professor“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Jassy, Romania Wilson Martins Aragão, DDS, PhD Professor Catholic University of Rio De Janeiro
Rio De Janeiro, Brasil Vasile Astărăstoae, MD, PhD Professor, Rector,“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Jassy, Romania
Emanuel Adrian Bratu, DDS, MD, PhD Professor“ Victor Babeș”
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania
Nardi Caspi, DMD, MD Associate Professor Hebrew University
HadassaH Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
Arnaldo Castellucci, DDS, PhD Professor Florence, Italy Romeo Călărașu, MD, PhD
Professor“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Rayleigh Ping-Ying Chiang, MD, MMS Taipei Veterans General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan Paulo G. Coelho, DDS, PhD Associate Professor Biomaterials and Biomimetics Department
New York University, USA 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 Professor University of Palermo
Palermo, Italy Ioan Dănilă, DDS, PhD Professor“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Jassy, Romania Yuri Dekhtyar, Eng, Dr phys
Professor Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia Mohamed Sherine El-Attar, DDS, PhD Professor Pharos Alexandria
University Alexandria, Egypt Paul B. Feinmann, DDS, PhD Professor Canton of Geneva,
Switzerland Claudia Maria de Felicio, MD, PhD Professor Universidade De São Paulo( USP)
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Luis J. Fujimoto, DDS, PhD Associate Professor
New York University, New York, USA Adi A. Garfunkel, DDS, PhD Professor Hebrew University Hadassah
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Daniela Aparecida Godoi Gonçalves, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor UNESP- Univ Est
Paulista, Araraquara, Brazil Maria Greabu, MD, PhD
Professor“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Martin D Gross, BDS, LDS, RCS, MSc Associate Professor Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel Emilian Hutu, DDS, PhD
Professor“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Joannis Katsoulis, DMD, PhD, MAS Associate Professor University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland Joanna Kempler, DDS, PhD Associate Professor University of Maryland Baltimore, MD, USA Robert L. Ibsen, DDS, OD Santa Maria, CA, USA Werner Lill, DDS, PD Austrian Society of Periodontology( OEGP)
Vienna, Austria Tomas Linkevičius, DDS, PhD Associate Professor Vilnius University Vilnius, Lithuania Mauro Marincola, DDS, PhD Professor State University of Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia Nicoleta Măru, MD, PhD Associate Professor“ Carol Davila” University of
Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Rodolfo Miralles, MD, PhD Professor University of Chile Santiago, Chile
Annalisa Monaco, DDS, PhD Professor University of L’ Aquila DA L’ aquila, Italy Marian Neguț, MD, PhD Professor“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Mutlu Özcan, DDS, PhD Professor University of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland Ion Pătrașcu, DDS, PhD
Professor“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Sever Popa, DDS, PhD Professor“ Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sanda Mihaela Popescu, DDS, PhD
Associate Professor University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania Sorin Claudiu Popșor, DDS, PhD Professor University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Tg. Mureș, Romania Xiaohui Rausch-Fan, DDS, PhD Professor Bernhard-Gottlieb-University Vienna, Austria Mihaela Răescu,
DDS, PhD Professor Associate“ Titu Maiorescu” University
Bucharest, Romania
Lucien Reclaru, Eng, PhD Professor Px Holding SA La Chaux De Fonds, Switzerland Matjaz Rode, DDS, PhD Professor University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia Stephen F. Rosenstiel, BDS, MSD Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, USA Mare Saag, DDS, PhD Professor University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia Martina Schmid-Schwap, DDS, PhD Associate Professor Bernhard-Gottlieb University
Vienna, Austria Gregor Slavicek, DDS, PhD Steinbeis University Berlin, Germany Marius Steigmann, DDS, PhD Associate Professor Steigmann
Implant Institute Neckargemund
Germany Jon B Suzuki, DDS, PhD Professor Temple University Philadelphia, PA, USA Gianluca Martino Tartaglia, DDS, PhD Associate Professor University of Milan
Milano, Italy Mihai C. Teodorescu, MD, PhD Associate Professor University of Wisconsin
Hospitals and Clinics Madison WI, USA
Douglas A. Terry, DDS, PhD Professor Esthetics Institute of Esthetic &
Restorative
Dentistry, Houston, TX, USA Bernard Touati, DDS, PhD Professor Paris V University Paris, France Jacques Vanobbergen, DDS, PhD Professor Gent University, Gent, Belgium Irina Nicoleta Zetu, DDS, PhD Associate Professor“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Jassy, Romania
Editorial Review Board Reviewers-in-Chief
Stephen F. Rosenstiel, BDS, MSD Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, 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 Gabriela Băncescu, Bucharest, Romania Bogdan Calenic, Bucharest, Romania Cristian Niky Cumpătă, Bucharest, Romania Barbara Janssens, Gent, Belgium Hercules Karkazis, Athens, Greece John Kois, Seattle, WA, USA Henriette Lerner, Baden-Baden, Germany Cinel Maliţa, Bucharest, Romania Marina Meleșcanu-Imre, Bucharest, Romania Hazem Mourad, Qassim, Saudi Arabia Paula Perlea, Bucharest, Romania Nikola Petricevic, Zagreb, Croatia Laurențiu Popa, Dallas, TX, USA Robert Sabiniu Şerban, Bucharest, Romania Elina Teodorescu, Bucharest, Romania Luc De Visschere, Gent, Belgium Maciej Zarow, Krakow, Poland
English Language Editor
Valeria Clucerescu, Biol. Cristina Alina Huidiu, LIS Niculina Smaranda Ion, Phil.
Honorary Statistical Adviser
Radu Burlacu, PhD, Bucharest, Romania Ioan Opriș, PhD, Associate Scientist, Miami, USA
Editorial Book Reviewer
Iulia Ciolachi, DMD, Bucharest, Romania 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