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EDITOR IN CHIEF Vasile Burlui, Prof. PhD, Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Iaşi‑Romania) DEPUTY EDITORS Sorin Andrian, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania), Carmen Stadoleanu, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) SECRETARY EDITORS Laura Ecaterina Romila, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania), Alexandra Burlui, Assist. Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Translation: Cristina Irimia (Iaşi, Romania) EDITORIAL BOARD ______________________ Magdalena Aflori, Scientific Researcher, PhD (“Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry)(Iaşi ‑ Romania) Leonard Ionuţ Atanase, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Adriana Bălan, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Sorana Baciu, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Cluj‑Napoca‑Romania) Mircea Beuran, Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑România) Dana Bodnar, Prof. PhD (Bucharest ‑ Romania) Florian Dorel Bodog, Prof. PhD (Oradea‑Romania) Alexandru Vasile Burlui, Univ. Assistant PhD Student (Iaşi ‑ Romania) Gheorghe Burnei ‑ Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑România) Irina Draga Căruntu, Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Iaşi‑Romania) Adela‑Magdalena Ciobanu, Prof. PhD (Bucureşti Romania) Alin Ciobică, Prof. PhD (Iasi‑ Romania) Alexandru Vlad Ciurea, Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑Romania) Mariana Constantiniuc, Prof. PhD (Cluj‑Napoca‑Romania) George Costin, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Oana Cucoveică, Univ. Assistant PhD Student (Iaşi ‑ Romania) Oana Daraba, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Jacques Desbrieres, Prof. PhD (Pau, France) Bogdan Dimitriu, Prof. PhD (Bucharest, Romania) Letiţia Doina Duceac, Prof. PhD (Galaţi‑Romania) Mihaela Adina Dumitrache, Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑Romania) Anca Silvia Dumitriu, Prof. PhD (“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest‑Romania Horia Dumitriu, Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Bucharest‑Romania Lucian Eva, Prof. PhD (Galaţi‑Romania) Gabriela Haliţchi, Lecturer PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Alexandru Andrei Iliescu, Assistant Prof. PhD (Craiova‑Romania) Mona Ionaş, Prof. PhD (Sibiu‑Romania) Tatiana Iov, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Gianina Iovan, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Mihai Luchian, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Silvia Mârţu, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Gabriela Mihalache, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Catalina Morăraşu, Prof. PhD (Saint Paul‑USA) Mihaela Moscu, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iaşi, Romania) Lavinia Negruţiu, Prof. PhD (Timisoara‑Romania) Luminiţa Nica, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Timisoara‑Romania) Adrian Mihail Nistor, Assist. Prof. PhD (Bucharest ‑ Romania) Doina Onisei, Prof. PhD (Arad ‑ Romania) Adriana Pirte, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Oradea‑Romania) Marcel Popa, Prof. PhD (Iaşi, Romania) Sorin Popşor, Prof. PhD (Targu Mures‑Romania) Elena Rezuş, Assoc. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Ciprian Rezuş, Assoc. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Liliana Sachelarie, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑ Romania) Carol Stanciu, Prof. PhD, Member of the Romanian Academy (Iaşi‑Romania) J.R. Strub, Prof. PhD (Freiburg‑Germany) Melinda Szekely, Prof. PhD (Targu Mures‑Romania) Ligia Vaida, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Oradea‑Romania) Constantin Vârlan, Prof. PhD, (Bucharest, Romania) D.P. Vinuth, MDS, Assist. Prof. (Jabalpur‑India) Irina Zetu, Prof PhD (Iaşi ‑ Romania) ADVISORY BOARD ______________________ Ashish Aggarwal, BDS, MDS, Assistant Prof., Institute of Dental Sciences (Bareilly‑India) Daniela Boişteanu, Assoc. Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Science Academy (Iaşi‑Romania) Beate Brand‑Saberi, Prof. PhD (Bochum‑Germany) Alexandru Bucur, Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑Romania) Roxana Chiriţa, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Yves Commissionat, Prof. PhD MD (Paris‑France) Vito Casella (Napoli‑Italy) Andrei Iliescu, Prof. PhD, Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Bucharest‑Romania) Rodica Luca, Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑Romania) Adam Maxim, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) George Morăraşu, Prof. PhD (Minnesota Roseville‑USA) Alexandru Petre, Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑Romania) Luciano Poli, Prof. PhD (Pisa‑Italy) Sorin Riga, Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑Romania) Mariana Sabău, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Sibiu‑Romania) Dragoş Stanciu, Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑Romania) Horia‑Nicolai L. Teodorescu, Prof. PhD, Member of the Romanian Academy (Iaşi‑Romania) Teodor Trăistaru, Prof. PhD (Bucharest‑Romania) Georgeta Zegan, Prof. PhD (Iaşi‑Romania) Executive secretary: Erica Bovari




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