Stage-level analysis: five years
dedicated to the dental
community
Marian-Vladimir CONSTANTINESCU
DDS, PhD, Professor
Editor-in-Chief
Dear readers,
Now, in the 5th year of the Stomatology Edu Journal’s existence (Stoma Edu J), I have the pleasure and honor to
carry out an analysis of the main events that have been going on since its foundation. It has not been easy and
neither was it uncomplicated to contact the most important national and international personalities in the field
of research, education and dental practice.
They have rallied around the idea of putting together a new journal for colleagues from Romania, the Republic
of Moldova and the other former communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe only after being informed
that the well-known Professor Jean-François Roulet of the Department of Restorative Dental Science, The College
of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, editor of three quoted journals, voluntarily accepted to
coordinate the work of the Editorial Board of the Stomatology Edu Journal as Editor-in-Chief. Guided by this
symbol of professionalism, fairness and editorial stringency, colleagues both from Romania and from abroad
joined our team, including the renowned Professor for Cranio Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Rolf Ewers,
Chairman em. at the Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Then there followed other colleagues who wanted to contribute to the development of this journal as Senior
Editors, namely Professor Bruce R. Donoff of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dean at the
Harvard University of Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA, Professor of Biomedical Optics Adrian Podoleanu,
Head of the Applied Optics Group, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK and Professor Emeritus David Wray,
Department of Oral Medicine at the University of Glasgow, UK. To provide the Journal with scientific weight in all
areas of stomatology, a series of professors, well-known for their extensive professional experience, were invited
to join the team as Emeritus Editors-in-Chief.Let me mention Professor Birte Melsen from Aarhus University,
Aarhus, Denmark, Professor Prathip Phantumvanit from Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, Professor
Rudolf Slavicek of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria and the late Professor Emeritus Julian B. Woelfel of
The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
Other distinguished colleagues enthusiasically joined our team, while efficiently contributing significant important
articles to the Journal. They are our Co-Editors-in-Chief, namely Professor Nicoleta Ilie of the Department of
Operative Dentistry and Periodontology of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany, Professor
Alexandre Mersel, Director of FDI Europe, Geneva-Cointrin, Switzerland, Professor Constantinus Politis, Head
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Leuven, Belgium,Professor Hom-Lay Wang of the Department
of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Clinical Professor Mauro
Marincola of the State University of Cartagena, Colombia, Professor George E. Romanos of the Department of
Periodontology at Stony Brook University, NY, USA, Professor Mahesh Verma, Principal Director, Maulana Azad
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