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“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy 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 Galip Gürel, DDS, MSc Dentis Dental Clinic, Istanbul, Turkiye Amid I Ismail, BDS, MPH, MBA, Dr Ph, Dean, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Fawad Javed, BDS, PhD University of Rochester, NY, USA Joannis Katsoulis, DMD, PhD MAS, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Anastassia E Kossioni, DDS, PhD Athens Dental School University of Athens Athens, Greece 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 Marian Neguț, MD, PhD Acad( ASM),“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Meda-Lavinia Negruțiu, DMD, PhD Dean,“ Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania Takahiro Ono, DDS, PhD, Associate Professor, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Jean-Daniel Orthlieb, DDS, PhD Vice-Dean, Aix Marseille University Marseille, France Letizia Perillo, DDS, PhD The Second University of Naples( SUN) Naples, Italy Paula Perlea, DDS, PhD Dean,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 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
Sorin Andrian, DDS, PhD“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Jassy, Romania 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 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 Arnaldo Castellucci, DDS, PhD Florence, Italy Ingrīda Čēma, DDS, PhD 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 Robert A. Convissar, DDS, FAGD New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens New York, NY, USA Ioan Dănilă, DDS, PhD“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Jassy, Romania Paulo Ribeiro de Melo, DDS University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Luc De Visschere, DDS, PhD Gent University, Gent, Belgium Yuri Dekhtyar, Eng, Dr phys Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia Mohamed Sherine El-Attar, DDS, PhD University Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt Valeriu Fala, DDS, PhD, MSc „ Nicolae Testemiţanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova Paul B. Feinmann, DDS, PhD Canton of Geneva, Switzerland 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 Răzvan Ionuţ Ghinea, PhD, MSc, BSc University of Granada, Granada, Spain 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 Alexandru A. Iliescu, DDS, PhD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Dolj, Romania 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 Robert L. Ibsen, DDS, OD Santa Maria, CA, USA Henriette Lerner, DDS, PhD Baden-Baden, Germany Annalisa Monaco, DDS, PhD, University of L’ Aquila, L’ Aquila, Italy Nina Mussurlieva, DDS, PhD Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Radmila R. Obradović, DDS, PhD University of Niš, Niš, Serbia Sever Toma Popa, DDS, PhD“ Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Mihaela Răescu, DDS, PhD“ Titu Maiorescu” University, Bucharest, Romania Matjaz Rode, DDS, PhD University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Iulia Georgievna Romanova, DMS, PhD Odessa National Medical University“ ONMedU”, Odessa, Ukraine Mare Saag, DDS, PhD University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia Douglas A. Terry, DDS, PhD Esthetics Institute of Esthetic & Restorative Dentistry Houston, TX, USA Constantin Marian Vârlan, DDS, PhD“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Emilio Carlos Zanatta, DDS, PhD, MS Santa Cecília University( UNISANTA), Santos, SP, Brasil Irina Nicoleta Zetu, DDS, PhD“ Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Jassy, Romania
Editorial Advisory Board
Marcus Oliver Ahlers, DDS, PD Department of Operative Dentistry and Preventive Dentistry Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg University Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany Cristina Maria Borțun, DDS, PhD Professor and Head, Prosthetic Dentistry Technology Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine,“ Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, Romania Bogdan Calenic, DDS, PhD Associate Professor, Biochemistry Department Faculty of Dental Medicine,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest Bucharest, Romania Nardi Casap-Caspi, DMD, MD Professor and Head, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine Hebrew University Hadassah Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel Paulo G. Coelho, DDS, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biomaterials College of Dentistry, New York University, New York NY, USA Bogdan Alexandru Dimitriu, DDS, PhD Professor and Head, Endodontic Department Faculty of Dental Medicine,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Daniel Edelhoff, CDT, DMD, PhD Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians- München University, München, Germany Claudia Maria de Felicio, MD, PhD Professor, Orofacial Motricity Unit, Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, School of Medicine Universidade de São Paulo( USP) Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Dorjan Hysi, DMD, MsC, PhD Associate Professor, Pedodontics Department Faculty of Dental Medicine Tirana, University of Medicine Tirana, Tirana, Albania Heinz Kniha, DDS, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians- München University, München, Germany Rodica Luca, DDS, PhD Professor,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania Mariam Margvelashvili, DDS, MSc, PhD Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA Rodolfo Miralles, MD, PhD Professor, Physiology and Biophysics Department Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Mutlu Özcan, DDS, PhD Professor, Head of Dental Biomaterials Unit, Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Science, Center of Dental Medicine( ZZM), University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Mariana Păcurar, DDS, PhD Professor and Head, Orthodontics and DentoFacial Orthopedics Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Târgu Mureș, Romania Alexandru Petre, DDS, PhD Professor, Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusology, " Carol Davila " University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Sanda Mihaela Popescu, DDS, PhD Professor and Head, Dental Reabilitation and Medical Surgery Emergencies Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Dolj, Romania Sorin Claudiu Popșor, DDS, PhD Professor and Head, Removable Prosthodontics
Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tg. Mureș, Romania Elena Preoteasa, DDS, PhD Professor and Head, Complete Denture Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine,“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania Alina Pūrienė, DDS, PhD Professor, Periodontics Department, Institute of Odontology Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University Vilnius, Lithuania Lucien Reclaru, Eng, PhD Biomaterials Consultant, University of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland Stephen F. Rosenstiel, BDS, MSD Professor and Chair, Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Hande Sar Sancakli, DDS, PhD Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkiye Martina Schmid-Schwap, DDS, PhD Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Bernhard Gottlieb University of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Gregor Slavicek, DDS, PhD Professor, Steinbeis-Transfer-Institute of Biotechnology in Interdisciplinary Dentistry, Steinbeis University, Berlin, Germany Marius Steigmann, DDS, PhD Professor, Steigmann Implant Institute, Neckargemund, Germany Ștefan-Ioan Stratul, PhD, MSc, MDiv Associate Professor, Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics Faculty of Dental Medicine,“ Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania Gianluca Martino Tartaglia, DDS, PhD Associate Professor, Functional Anatomy Research Center Laboratory of Functional Anatomy of the Stomatognathic Apparatus, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy Bernard Touati, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor, Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Odontology, Paris V University, Paris, France Tamara Tserakhava, DDS, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatric Dentistry Dental Faculty, Belarusian State Medical University Minsk, Belarus Sorin Uram-Țuculescu, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor, Prosthodontics Department School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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 Andrezza Lauria de Moura, São Paulo, Brazil 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. Niculina Smaranda Ion, Phil.
Honorary Statistical Advisers
Radu Burlacu, PhD, Bucharest, Romania Ioan Opriș, PhD, Associate Scientist, Miami, USA
Book Reviewers
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