Co-Editors-in-Chief (Americas)
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Claudia C. COTCA
DDS, MPH
Editor-in-Chief
Washington Institute for Dentistry & Laser Surgery
Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests: Laser, Global Laser Technology Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Aesthetic Dentistry, TMD & Sleep Dentistry
Paula Perlea
DDS, PhD, Professor
Co-Editor-in-Chief
“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: general dentistry, endodontics
Basic Research / Dental Materials / Dental Technology
Gottfried Schmalz
DDS, PhD, Dr hc, Professor, Acad (Leopoldina)
Editor-in-Chief
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Vasile Iulian Antoniac
Eng, PhD, Professor, Habil, Vice Dean
Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: bioceramics, biocomposites, biodegradable metallic biomaterials, surface modification, interaction tissue-biomaterials, biointerfaces, tissue engineering, bone regeneration, retrieval and failure analysis of orthopedic and dental implants.
Bogdan Calenic
DDS, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Horia Octavian Manolea
DMD, PhD, MSc, Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Craiova, Dolj, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: restorative materials research, implant supported prosthesis technologies, the bioactive materials study, development of ceramic and metal-ceramic technology, dental and periodontal structures morphology study
Annalisa Monaco
DDS, MSc, Associate Professor, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests: interdisciplinary aspects of malocclusion and TMD, neurophysiologic study of swallowing and its clinical variants, cranio-mandibular dynamics in the sleep apnoea syndrome, physiological and clinical correlations between stomatognathic and visual system, pathogenetic correlations between visual defects and malocclusions, salivary markers and their changes in systemic or oral pathology, salivary markers in orthodontics.
Clinical Research / Oral and Dental Diagnosis / Dental Radiology / Evidence-Based Dentistry
Sorin Uram-Țuculescu
DDS, PhD, Assistant Professor
Editor-in-Chief
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests: prosthodontics, patient management, ethics in dental profession
Amid I Ismail
BDS, MPH, MBA, Dr PH, Dean
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests: usage of bone tissue engineering based on adult stem cells to restore oral bone loss, material surface modification for improving osteogenesis, digital technology
Fawad Javed
BDS, PhD
University of Rochester, NY, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral immunology, oral mycology, oral oncology, oral radiology, implant dentistry and assessment of the influence of systemic diseases (particularly diabetes) on oral health
Dalia Kaisarly
BDS, MDSc, PhD
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Website | Biography
Research Interests: dental resin composites; dental adhesives; dental ceramics; various aspects of the polymerization shrinkage of composites; polymerization shrinkage stresses of composites; margin analysis of composite restorations; clinically relevant aspects of polymerization shrinkage of composite restorations
Community Dentistry / Oral Epidemiology / Oral Health / Dental Public Health / Health Promotion
Poul Erik Petersen
DDS, Dr Odont, BA, MSc, Professor, WHO Senior Consultant
Section Editor-in-Chief
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Website | Biography
Research Interests: public health, sociology of health and illness, health promotion, disease prevention, global health, translation of research
Noemí Bordoni
DDS, PhD, Director, Public Health Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Website | Biography
Research Interests: public health
Mihnea-Ioan Nicolescu
MD, DMD, PhD, OMFS, MSc, FRMS, Head of Histology Division, Faculty of Dental Medicine “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Scientific Researcher “Victor Babeș” National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: Regenerative dentistry, Telocytes, Translational education
Constantin Ionescu-Târgoviște
MD, PhD, Professor, Acad (AR), Faculty of Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Cariology / Pedodontics / Oro-Dental Prevention
Luca Levrini
DDS, PhD, – Section Editor-in-Chief
University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests: Dental Hygiene; Oral prevention; Orthodontics; Cranio Facial Disease
Sorin Andrian
DDS, PhD – Section Editor-in-Chief
“Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: odontology and periodontology
Dana Cristina Bodnar
DDS, PhD, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: cariology, dental materials, restorative dentistry, minimal invasive dentistry
Iulia Romanova
DMS, PhD, Professor Odessa National Medical University “ONMedU”, Odessa, Ukraine
Website | Biography
Research Interests: endodontics, periodentistry, aesthetic restoration, gnathology
Tamara Tserakhava
DDS, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental Faculty, Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus
Website | Biography
Research Interests: preventive dentistry, minimal invasive dentistry and orthodontics
Minimally Invasive Dentistry / Dental Laser
Akira Aoki
DDS, PhD, Professor – Section Editor-in-Chief
Section of Periodontology, Department of Hard Tissue Engineering, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
Website | Biography
Research Interests: clinical application of lasers/LEDs in periodontal and peri-implant therapy, photobiomodulation (PBM) effetcs of lasers/LEDs on cells/tissues, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (a-PDT) in periodontal and peri-implant therapy, and application of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in periodontal therapy
Sharonit Sahar-Helft
DMD, MSc
Department of Endodontics, School of Graduate Dentistry, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
Website | Biography
Research Interests: Laser, Dentistry, Applying Laser Technology, Endodontics
Sanda-Mihaela Popescu
DDS, MSc, PhD University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania|
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Roman Šmucler
MD, PhD, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Aestethic Dentistry / Dental Photography
Lucian Toma Ciocan
Section Editor-in-Chief, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest , Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Daniele Maria Gibelli
MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests: facial morphology in acquired and genetic pathologies; facial mimicry in healthy subjects and patients affected by facial nerve palsy; analysis of anatomical variants of the cranium, with applications to otolaryngology, odontology, maxillofacial and aesthetic surgery, neurology, anthropology; assessment of skeletal morphology for the diagnosis of sex, age estimation, diagnosis of ancestry, and the research in the field of anatomical individuality
Henriette Lerner
DDS, PhD, Baden-Baden, Germany
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Endodontics and Traumatology / Dental Microscopy
Arnaldo Castellucci
DDS, PhD – Section Editor-in-Chief
Florence, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests: endodontics, micro-endodontics, micro-surgical endodontics
Paula Perlea
DDS, PhD, Dean – Section Editor-in-Chief
“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: general dentistry, endodontics
Enrico Manca
DDS, PhD
Dental Clinic Dr. Enrico Manca, Cagliari, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Co-Editors-in-Chief (Americas)
Periodontology / Oral Microbiology / Dental Hygiene
Gabriela Băncescu
MD, MSc, PhD, “Carol Davila”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral microbiology
Alina Pūrienė
BS, PhD, Dr habil, Professor, Periodontics Department, Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: conservative and surgical treatment of periodontal diseases, research of marginal bone regenerative procedures, research of marginal bone of periodontal patients, prophylaxis of periodontal diseases, dental public health, dental politics.
Oral Medicine / Oral Pathology
Mare Saag
DDS, PhD, Professor – Section Editor-in-Chief
University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Asja Čelebić
DDS, MSc, PhD – Section Editor-in-Chief
University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Website | Biography
Research Interests: prosthodontics; dental implantology; oral health related quality of life and other patient reported outcome measures; gerodontology; TMD
Valeriu Fala
DM, PhD, MSc, Associate Professor, “Nicolae Testemiţanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova
Website | Biography
Research Interests: therapeutic dentistry
Maria Greabu
Chem, PhD, Professor, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: chemistry, biochemistry, medical analysis
Mei-Qing Wang
DDS, PhD, Professor and Head – Section Editor-in-Chief
Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology, School of Stomatology, Air Force Medical University (AFMU), Xi’an, Shaanxi,710032, P.R.China
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral anatomy, oral physiology, oral diseases, periodontics and oral pathology, occlusion, temporomandibular disorders, chondrocytes
Orthodontics and Dento-Facial Orthopedics
Fabrizia d’Apuzzo
DMD, PhD, Research Fellow, Multidisciplinary Department of Medico-Surgical and Dental Specialties, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Naples, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests: biology of tooth movement, early treatment, dentofacial orthopaedics, biomechanics, vibrational spectroscopies, temporomandibular disorders, cleft lip and palate
Ecaterina Ionescu
DDS, PhD, Professor, Vice-Rector, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Abdolreza Jamilian
DDS, PhD
Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Website | Biography
Research Interests: class 3 malocclusion, cleft lip and palate, orthognathic surgery
Anesthesiology / Dentoalveolar Surgery / Maxillofacial Surgery / Oral Implantology / Emergencies at the Dentist’s
Michael Frank
DDS, PhD, ERO President, President Dental Chamber Hesse – Section Editor-in-Chief
Board of the German Dental Chamber, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Website | Biography
Research Interests: Continuing Medical Education; Oral Surgery; Oral Implantology; Periodontology
Cristian Niky Cumpătă
DMD, MD, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor – Section Editor-in-Chief
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Titu Maiorescu” University Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral surgery, maxillofacial surgery, oral implantology
Joel Motta Junior, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral and maxillofacial surgery
Giorgio Lombardo
MD, DDS, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests: periodontology, oral Implantology, peri-implant bone deficiencies, oral biofilm
Prosthetic Dentistry / Oral Rehabilitation / Gerodontology
Veronica Mercuţ
DMD, PhD, Professor, Vice-Rector, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Dolj, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Marina Meleșcanu-Imre, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Anastassia E Kossioni
DDS, PhD – Section Editor-in-Chief
Athens Dental School University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Website | Biography
Research Interests: gerodontology, dental education, continuing education, e-learning
Restorative Dentistry / Computerized Dental Prosthetics
Joannis Katsoulis
DMD, PhD, MAS, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Website | Biography
Research Interests: Prosthodontics; Implant Dentistry; Computer-assisted technologies, CAD/CAM titanium restorations; CAD/CAM zirconium restorations
Georg B. Meyer
DMD, PhD, Dr hc, Professor and Chairman, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt, University, Greifswald, Germany
Website | Biography
Research Interests: restorative dentistry, periodontology, endodontology
Editorial Advisory Board Sections
Andrei Cristian Ionescu
DDS, PhD, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Basic Research / Dental Materials / Dental Technology
Ralf Janda
Chem, Dr. rer. nat., Habil., Professor, Medical Faculty Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Website | Biography
Research Interests: resin composite materials, non-metallic dental materials
Andrei Cristian Ionescu
DDS, PhD, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Nikolay Ishkitiev
DMD, PhD, Chief Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Website | Biography
Research Interests: Dental Stem cells; Tooth development and regeneration; Cellular transduction pathways; Extracellular matrix biosynthesis
Clinical Research / Oral and Dental Diagnosis / Dental Radiology / Evidence-Based Dentistry
Rodolfo Isaac Miralles Lozano
MD, PhD, Professor – Section Editor-in-Chief
Physiology and Biophysics Department, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral physiology, physiology of occlusion, pain control, EMG.
Robert Sabiniu Şerban
Eng, PhD, MSc, Lecturer, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: management, public health management, health services, health insurance, private health insurance
Community Dentistry / Oral Epidemiology / Oral Health / Dental Public Health / Health Promotion
Nina Mussurlieva
DDS, PhD, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Website | Biography
Research Interests: public health, public dental health, prevention and prophylaxis of oral health, e-health
Aldo Fabián Squassi
DDS, MPH, PhD (UBA), Chairman, Vice-Dean – Section Editor-in-Chief
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Website | Biography
Research Interests: epidemiology of oral diseases, behavioral sciences, health services and community dentistry
Cariology / Pedodontics / Oro-Dental Prevention
Vlademir Margvelashvili
MD, PhD, DMSci – Section Editor-in-Chief, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Dorjan Hysi
DDS, PhD, Associate Professor, Chair Conservative Dental Department Faculty of Dental Medicine University of Medicine of Tirana Tirana, Albania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: conservative dentistry, dental analgesia, dental education, pain-free
Rodica Luca
DDS, PhD, Professor, Pediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Minimally Invasive Dentistry / Dental Laser
Joanna Kempler
DDS, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Vygandas Rutkūnas
DDS, PhD, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Aestethic Dentistry / Dental Photography
Bernard Touati
DDS, PhD, Assistant Professor – Section Editor-in-Chief
Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Odontology, Paris V University, Paris, France
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Periodontology / Oral Microbiology / Dental Hygiene
Marian Neguț
MD, PhD, Acad (ASM), “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Oral Medicine / Oral Pathology
Ingrīda Čēma
DDS, PhD, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral precancers and oral squamous cell carcinoma, treatment of melanoma.
Romeo Călărașu
MD, PhD, Acad (ASM), “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Saman Warnakulasuriya
BDS, FDSRCS (Eng), FDSRCS (Edin), FDSRCPS (Glasg), PhD(Glasg), DSc, FKC, Professor, WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer, King’s College London, London, UK
Website | Biography
Research Interests: epidemiology, natural history, screening and molecular markers of oral cancer and pre-cancer.
Occlusion and TMJ / Orofacial Pain / Dental Occlusion and Posture
Gregor Slavicek
DDS, PhD, Professor, Steinbeis Transfer Institute of Biotechnology in Interdisciplinary Dentistry, Steinbeis University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral rehabilitation and dementia, human mastication, analog and digital work flows
Minh Son Nguyen
DDS, PhD, Head, Vice-Director, Medical Diagnostic Center Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology, Danang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy, Danang, Vietnam
Website | Biography
Research Interests: occlusion, orofacial pain, temporomandibular disorders, dental occlusion and posture, Community Dental Health.
Sever Toma Popa
DDS, PhD, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: pathology of partial edentoulism, occlusion disorders, fixed dental prostheses
Orthodontics and Dento-Facial Orthopedics
Fabio Savastano
MD, MOrth, Professor, Jaume I University, Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, Spain
Founder and President, International College of Neuromuscular Orthodontics and Gnathology (ICNOG), Albenga, Italy
Website | Biography
Research Interests: orthodontics, neuromuscular orthodontics, TMJ disorders
Irina Nicoleta Zetu
DDS, PhD, “Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Anesthesiology / Dentoalveolar Surgery / Maxillofacial Surgery / Oral Implantology / Emergencies at the Dentist’s
Nardi Casap-Caspi
DMD, MD, Professor and Head – Section Editor-in-Chief
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Website | Biography
Research Interests: reconstruction of alveolar and bone-deficient jaws using growth factors and bone morphogenetic proteins, periosteal distraction, navigation surgery systems, orthognathic surgery, minimal invasive endoscopic surgery.
Andrezza Lauria de Moura
DMD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Buccomaxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Amazonas (FAO-UFAM), Manaus – AM, Brazil
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
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
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral surgery, oral implantology, oral rehabilitation, TMD/TMJ diagnosis and treatment, clinical organization and management
Prosthetic Dentistry / Oral Rehabilitation / Gerodontology
Elena Preoteasa
DDS, PhD, Professor and Head, Complete Denture Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Emilian Hutu
DDS, PhD, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Martina Schmid-Schwap
DDS, PhD, Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Bernhard Gottlieb University of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Website | Biography
Research Interests: temporomandibular disorders, clinical functional analysis, instrumental functional analysis, snoring therapy, orofacial pain
Restorative Dentistry / Computerized Dental Prosthetics
Mariam Margvelashvili-Malament
DDS, MSc, PhD, Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests: digital technologies, implant dentistry and dental materials
Alexandru Eugen Petre
DDS, PhD, Professor, Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
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.
Diana Florea, Phil, PhD
Book Reviewers
Iulia Ciolachi, DMD, Bucharest, Romania
Florin-Eugen Constantinescu, DMD, PhD Student, Bucharest, Romania
Journal Manager
Maria-Emilia Constantin, Holistic Dental & Medical Institute of Bucharest – ROPOSTURO, Bucharest, Romania
Project Editors
Irina-Adriana Beuran, DMD, PhD, Faculty of Dental Medicine “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Alexandra Popa, Holistic Dental & Medical Institute of Bucharest – ROPOSTURO, Bucharest, Romania
Technical Editors
Valentin Miroiu, Bucharest, Romania
Edgar Moraru, Bucharest, Romania
James Richard Hupp
BS, DMD, MD, JD, MBA, Professor, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests: Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Esthetic Facial Surgery, Implant Surgery, Orthognathic Surgery, Bone Grafting for Reconstruction, Dental Anesthesiology, Advanced Basic Science, Hospital Organization
Co-Editors-in-Chief (Europe)
Gavriel Chaushu
DMD, MSc, Professor, Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, Israel
The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Website | Biography
Research Interests: dental implantology, sinus augmentation, immediate implant placement, immediate loading of implants, ridge augmentation procedures and postoperative morbidity
Mutlu Özcan
DDS, PhD, Professor, Head Division of Dental Biomaterials, Clinic of Reconstructive Dentistry, Center of Dental Medicine (ZZM), University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Website | Biography
Research Interests: prosthetic dentistry, reconstructive dentistry, dental biomaterials, translational research, clinical trials
Co-Editors-in-Chief (Asia-Pacific)
Lakshman Perera Samaranayake
Hon DSc, FDSRCS (Edin), FDS RCPS (Glas), FRACDS, FRCPath (UK), BDS, DDS (Glas), FHKCPath, FCDSHK, FHKAM (Pathology), FHKAM (Dental Surgery), Emeritus Professor and Immediate-past Dean of Dentistry, Department of Oral Biosciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Website | Biography
Research Interests: infections in medically compromised individuals, oral candidiasis, clinical oral microbiology, infection control in dental practice
Mahesh Verma
BDS, MDS, MBA, FAMS, FDSRCS (England), FDSRCPSG (Glasgow), FDSRCS (Edinburgh), PhD (HC) Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Director – Principal, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences New Delhi, India
Website | Biography
Research Interests: prosthodontics, dental materials, implants
Yongsheng Zhou
DDS, PhD, Chair and Professor Department of Prosthodontics, President School of Stomatology (PKUSS), Peking University, Beijing, P.R.China
Website | Biography
Research Interests:Prosthodontics, Implantology, Dentistry, Bone Tissue Engineering, Osteogenic Differentiation, Adipose-derived Stem Cells, Epigenetics, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell Differentiation, Bone Regeneration
Senior Editors
Rolf Ewers
MD, DMD, PhD Professor and Chairman em.
University Hospital for Cranio Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Website | Biography
Research Interests: orthognathic surgery, dental implantology, jawbone augmentation, diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint problems, telesurgery
Adrian Podoleanu
Eng, PhD, Professor, FInstP, FIOP, FOSA, FSPIE, Professor of Biomedical Optics, Head of the Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK
Website | Biography
Research Interests: optical coherence tomography, confocal microscopy, optical sensing, fast optoelectronics
Emeritus Editors-in-Chief
Robert Louis Ibsen
DDS, OD, FAGD, FACD, FICD, Founder & President DenMat Corporation, Santa Maria, CA, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests: restorative dentistry, esthetic dentistry, porcelain veneer, adhesive dentistry, Digital Smile Design, Virtual Lab concepts
Alexandre Mersel
DDS, PhD, Professor, Director of Studies Geneva Institute of Medical Dentistry (GIMD), Versoix, Switzerland
Website | Biography
Research Interests: prosthodontics, gerodontics, complete dentures
Jacques Vanobbergen
MDS, PhD, Professor Em. Professor and Chairman, Gent University, Gent, Belgium
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Julian B. Woelfel
DDS, FACD, FICD, Professor Emeritus, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A
Website | Biography
Research Interests: centric jaw relation, the leaf gauge, impression materials and techniques, varied occlusal schemes on dentures, mandibular and condylar movement in three dimensions, tooth morphology, facial measurements and mandibular movements on young adults, comparisons between twelve denture base materials, electromyographic analysis of mandibular movements, and long term physiologic rest position and centric occlusion changes with complete dentures.
David Wray
MD (Honours), BDS, MB ChB, FDS, RCPS (Glasgow), FDS RCS (Edinburgh) F Med Sci Professor Emeritus, Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Dental School, University of Glasgow, UK
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral medicine, oral mucosal disease, pain and allergy, ulceration, HIV, allergy, candidosis and lichen planus, oral manifestations of systemic disease, drug prescribing
Founding Editors
Jean-François Roulet
DDS, Habil, Prof hc, Dr hc, Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Science
College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests: preventive dentistry, minimal invasive dentistry, nonmetallic restorative materials, esthetic dentistry, digital dentistry
Rolf Ewers
MD, DMD, PhD Professor and Chairman em.
University Hospital for Cranio Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Website | Biography
Research Interests: orthognathic surgery, dental implantology, jawbone augmentation, diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint problems, telesurgery
Marian-Vladimir Constantinescu
DDS, MSc, PhD, Professor
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: occlusion, oral neuromuscular rehabilitation, TENS in dentistry, minimally invasive dentistry, posturology, laser in dentistry, aesthetic dentistry, oral implantology
Associate Editors-in-Chief Sections
Gottfried Schmalz
DDS, PhD, Dr hc, Professor, Acad (Leopoldina) – Section Editor-in-Chief
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Occlusion and TMJ / Orofacial Pain / Dental Occlusion and Posture
Associate Editors Sections
Vasile Iulian Antoniac
Eng, PhD, Professor, Habil, Vice Dean – Section Editor-in-Chief
Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: bioceramics, biocomposites, biodegradable metallic biomaterials, surface modification, interaction tissue-biomaterials, biointerfaces, tissue engineering, bone regeneration, retrieval and failure analysis of orthopedic and dental implants.
Fawad Javed
BDS, PhD – Section Editor-in-Chief
University of Rochester, NY, USA
Website | Biography
Research Interests: oral immunology, oral mycology, oral oncology, oral radiology, implant dentistry and assessment of the influence of systemic diseases (particularly diabetes) on oral health
Cariology / Pedodontics / Oro-Dental Prevention
Endodontics and Traumatology / Dental Microscopy
Paula Perlea
DDS, PhD, Dean – Section Editor-in-Chief
“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: general dentistry, endodontics
Nikola Petricevic
DMD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Removable Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Website | Biography
Research Interests:
Jean-Daniel Orthlieb
DDS, PhD, Vice-Dean, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
Website | Biography
Research Interests: fixed prosthodontic, occlusodontology, craniomandibular disorders
Alexandru Simion Ogodescu
DDS, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor, Department of Pedodontics-Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine “Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania
Website | Biography
Research Interests: Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Dental Medicine, Measuring Systems, Optics & Photonics, Biomaterials.
Anesthesiology / Dentoalveolar Surgery / Maxillofacial Surgery / Oral Implantology / Emergencies at the Dentist’s
Restorative Dentistry / Computerized Dental Prosthetics
Basic Research / Dental Materials / Dental Technology
Nicoleta Ilie
Dipl-Eng, PhD, Professor – Section Editor-in-Chief
Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich | LMU, Munich, Germany
Website | Biography
Research Interests: dental restorative materials, adhesive interfaces, characterization of light curing source
Community Dentistry / Oral Epidemiology / Oral Health / Dental Public Health / Health Promotion
Rayleigh Ping-Ying Chiang
MD, MMS, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Research Interests: public health, genetic studies, obstructive sleep apnea, neurodegeneration, modern sleep technology
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
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Research Interests: temporomandibular disorders, orofacial pain, electromyography and three-dimensional movement analysis, sleep-disorder, myofunctional therapy
Aestethic Dentistry / Dental Photography
Periodontology / Oral Microbiology / Dental Hygiene
Petr Bartak
Department of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
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Research Interests:
Oral Medicine / Oral Pathology
Occlusion and TMJ / Orofacial Pain / Dental Occlusion and Posture
Orthodontics and Dento-Facial Orthopedics
Mariana Păcurar
DDS, PhD, Professor and Head – Section Editor-in-Chief
Orthodontics and Dento-Facial Orthopedics Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Târgu Mureș, Romania
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Research Interests:
Elina Teodorescu
DMD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Discipline of Orthodontics and Dento-Facial Orthopedics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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Research Interests:
Marius Steigmann
DDS, PhD, Professor, Steigmann Implant Institute, Neckargemund, Germany
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Research Interests:
Prosthetic Dentistry / Oral Rehabilitation / Gerodontology
Deputy Editors-in-Chief
Honorary Statistical Adviser
Radu Burlacu, PhD, Bucharest, Romania
Ioan Opriș, PhD, Associate Scientist, Miami, USA