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Vol 18 Issue 4

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Vasile Burlui, Prof. PhD,
Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Iasi-Romania)

DEPUTY EDITORS
Sorin Andrian, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania), Peter Gogalniceanu, MRCS (London-UK)

SECRETARY EDITORS
Andrei Georgescu, Assist. Prof. (Iasi-Romania), Laura Ecaterina Darau (Iasi-Romania)
Cristina Irimia (translation)

PRODUCTION EDITOR
Virgil FaTU, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
EDITORIAL BOARD ADVISORY BOARD
Adriana Balan, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania) Sorana Baciu, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Cluj-Napoca-Romania) Irina Draga C�runtu, Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Iasi-Romania)
Vasile Chirita, Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Iasi-Romania) Morris Clark, Prof. DDS Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Anesthesiology, Faculty of Dentistry,
University of Colorado Devis Cohen, Prof. PhD (Tel Aviv-Israel)
Mariana Constantiniuc, Prof. PhD (Cluj-Napoca- Romania)
George Costin, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Oana Daraba, Lecturer PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Mihaela Adina Dumitrache, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Bucharest-Romania)
Horia Dumitriu, Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Bucharest-Romania) Constantin Fatu, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Gabriela Halitchi, Lecturer PhD (Iasi-Romania) Mihaela Holban, Lecturer PhD (Iasi-Romania) Alexandru Andrei Iliescu, Assistant Prof. PhD (Craiova-Romania)
Mona Ionas, Assistant Prof. PhD (Sibiu-Romania) Gianina Iovan, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Vishy Mahadevan, Prof. PhD FRCS (Ed)FRCS Silvia Martu, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Gabriela Mihalache, Lecturer PhD (Iasi-Romania) Catalina Morarasu, Prof. PhD (Saint Paul-USA) Lavinia Negrutiu, Prof. PhD (Timisoara-Romania) Luminita Nica, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Timisoara- Romania)
Adriana Pirte, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Oradea-Romania) Iulian Popescu, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Sorin Popsor, Prof. PhD (Targu Mures-Romania) Carmen Stadoleanu, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Carol Stanciu, Prof. PhD, Member of the Romanian Academy (Iasi-Romania)
Carmen Stroici, Lecturer PhD (Iasi-Romania)
J.R. Strub, Prof. PhD (Freiburg-Germany)
Melinda Szekely, Prof. PhD (Targu Mures-Romania) Ligia Vaida, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Oradea-Romania)
D.P. Vinuth, MDS, Assist. Prof. (Jabalpur-India)

Peter H. Abrahams, Prof. PhD (London-UK)
Ashish Aggarwal, BDS, MDS, Assistant Prof.,
Institute of Dental Sciences (Bareilly-India)
Maher Almasri, MD. PhD, London, UK Grigore Bacius, Prof. PhD (Cluj-Napoca-Romania) Daniela Boisteanu, Assoc. Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Science Academy (Iasi-Romania) Beate Brand-Saberi, Prof. PhD (Bochum-Germany) Alexandru Bucur, Prof. PhD (Bucharest-Romania) Roxana Chiri�a, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Yves Commissionat, Prof. PhD MD (Paris-France)
Vito Cosella (Napoli-Italy)
Gerald Gitsch, Prof. PhD (Freiburg-Germany) Arvintin Golz (Tel Aviv-Israel)
Andrei Iliescu, Prof. PhD, Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Bucharest-Romania)
Rodica Luca, Prof. PhD (Bucharest-Romania)
Claude Matasa, Prof. PhD (San Diego-USA)
Adam Maxim, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
George Morarasu, Prof. PhD (Minnesota Roseville-USA) Friedrich Paulsen, Prof. PhD (Erlangen Nurnberg- Germany)
Alexandru Petre, Prof. PhD (Bucharest-Romania) Luciano Polli (Pisa-Italy)
Herve Reychler, Prof. (Brussels-Belgium)
Mariana Sabau, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Sibiu-Romania) Dragos Stanciu, Prof. PhD (Bucharest-Romania) Horia-Nicolai L. Teodorescu, Prof. PhD, Member of the Romanian Academy (Iasi-Romania)
Teodor Traistaru, Prof. PhD (Bucharest-Romania) Georgeta Zegan, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)

Executive secretary: Carmen Iulia Pohrib




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