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