Institute of Dental Sciences New Delhi , India and recently Associate Professor Hiroshi Ogawa of the Department of Oral Health Science at Niigata University , Japan . While attending the 2013 FDI Congress in Istanbul , I met Professor Anton Sculean , Chairman of the Department of Periodontology at University of Berne , Switzerland and presented him with an advanced copy of our Journal . He looked at it as any thorough researcher would do it , and with the swiftness of a surgeon , he coldly replied that “ an international journal appears only in English , and Abstracts are not justified in a national language !” After seeing all the journals published by the various publishing houses present at the FDI Congress , I left myself convinced . I suffered for Eminescu , our national poet , and the other major representatives of our culture ! Back home , I found myself in front of a final obstacle , the English Language Editor team . Previously , for everything related to the publication of abstracts or articles abroad , I used to ask two old friends of mine , both of them English teachers , who were not familiar with the dentistry terminology , as one worked in aviation and the other in the field of virusology . Such an ambitious project could only be achieved with high linguistic expertise . I tried to see who was the Head of the English Language Department at the Faculty of Foreign Languages , University of Bucharest . I found Professor Dr . Alexandra Cornilescu ’ s phone number , who was also the Dean of the Faculty back then . I called , and a meeting was scheduled at her office . She thumbed through the advanced copy of the Journal with the researcher ' s minuteness and a linguist ’ s attention . After a few moments , in perfect silence , instead of shouting “ Eureka ! Eureka !” like Archimedes , she gave me the name of Associate Professor Roxana-Cristina Petcu . She told me that the lady was a very close co-worker , and that I could rest assured that everyting was going to work out to perfection , as she had excellent translation expertise . I contacted Associate Professor Petcu and presented her with the copy of the journal , stating that it had been published after having been corrected seven times . I also told her that after the first correction , when I had the impression that the document was good for printing , I experienced what a boxer goes through when he is knocked-out during the first round . With a linguist ’ s exigency and exactness , she asked me for the first issue to assess it . After receiving the proof , I found that if Professor J-F Roulet has the ability to evaluate a manuscript from the point of view of scientific accuracy , the art of making a translation is another profession mastered only by professionals who practice it daily and continually improve it . Professor J-F Roulet reached the same conclusion when his Editorial [ 1 ], published in the 2017 Stoma Edu J number 2 and corrected by Professor Roxana-Cristina Petcu , was published in Dental Materials [ 2 ], Factor Impact journal ( IF ): 4.070 . Indeed , I can say that without the constant contribution of the exceptional linguist who is Professor Roxana-Cristina Petcu , the 143,000 readers of the Stomatology Edu Journal , would not have had the joy to read a high-level publication from the very beginning . The first and second 2014 issues of the Stomatology Edu Journal were published by SC Media Systems Communication SRL . Besides the task of finding articles for publication , the publishing house asked me to provide sponsors before sending each issue to print . Despite all the advertising contracts concluded for 2015 and 2016 , the publishing house claimed that their accounts had been frozen , therefore , in 2015 , it did not send to print any issues , neither did it send the first 2016 issue . The lack of honesty and professionalism of this company forced me to put an end to our collaboration . In order to honor Florin , my son ’ s and my own promises to a foreign company , and especially to safeguard our country ' s image , we released 250 CDs with the first 2016 issue of the Stoma Edu J carrying the advertisment of the company that had made full payment for all advertising materials . I myself paid for those 250 CDs . Florin attended the congress organized by that company , he himself delivered the
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