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 ______________________
Adriana Balan, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Sorana Baciu, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Cluj-Napoca-Romania)
Irina Draga Caruntu, 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 Den tistry,
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)
Jacques Desbrieres, Prof. PhD (Pau, France)
Bogdan Dimitriu, Prof. PhD (Bucharest, 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, Associate Member of the
Medical Sciences Academy (Iasi, Romania)
Elena Folescu, Asoc. 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 Marau, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Gabriela Mihalache, Lecturer PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Catalina Morarasu, Prof. PhD (Saint Paul-USA)
Mihaela Moscu, Asoc. PhD (Iasi, Romania)
Lavinia Negrutiu, Prof. PhD (Timisoara-Romania)
Luminita Nica, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Timisoara-
Romania)
Adriana Pirte, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Oradea-Romania)
Marcel Popa, Prof. PhD (Iasi, 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)
Constantin V�rlan, Prof. PhD, (Bucharest, Romania)
D.P. Vinuth, MDS, Assist. Prof. (Jabalpur-India)
ADVISORY BOARD ______________________
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 Chirita, 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)
Dragoa 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