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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Ravindra Nanda, BDS, MDS, PhD, University of Connecticut, USA


Associate Editors
Sarah Abu Arqub, BDS, MSc, M.Dent.Sc, University of Florida, USA
Phimon Atsawasuwan DDS, MS, MS, MSc, PhD, University of Illinois, USA
Alberto Caprioglio, DDS, University of Milan, Italy
Tommaso Castroflorio, DDS, PhD, Private Practice, Italy
Stella Chaushu, DMD, MSc, PhD, Hebrew University Hadassah, Israel
Ewa Czochrowska, MD, PhD, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Toru Deguchi, DDS, MSD, PhD, University of Louisville, USA 
Padhraig Fleming, PhD, FDS (Orth.), Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
Lorenzo Franchi, DDS, PhD, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Daniela Gamba Garib, PhD, MSc, DDS, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Min Kyeong Lee, DMD, DMSc, University of Illinois, USA
Luca Lombardo, PhD, University of Ferrara, Italy
David Normando, DDS, MSc, PhD, Federal University of Pará, Brazil
Nearchos Panayi, DDS, DOrth, Morth, European University Cyprus, Cyprus
Letizia Perillo, MD, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Jadbinder Seehra, BDS (Hons), MFDS, MSc, MOrth, FDSOrth, Kings College London, UK
Flavio Uribe, DDS, MDentSc, University of Connecticut, USA


Managing Editor
Ute Schneider-Moser, DDS, Ferrara School of Orthodontics, Italy

Advisory Board
Veerasathpurush Allareddy, BDS, MBA, MHA, PhD, MMSc, University of Illinois, USA
Seung-Hak Baek, DDS, MSD, PhD, Seoul National University, South Korea
Joseph Bouserhal, DDS, MDS, PhD, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon & Boston University, USA
Vittorio Cacciafesta, DDS, MS, PhD, Independent Researcher, Italy
Luca Contardo, DDS, MS, University of Trieste, Italy
Mauro Cozzani, DMD, MScD, University of Cagliari, Italy
Nejat Erverdi, MD, Independent Researcher, Turkey
Giampietro Farronato, MD, DDS, University of Milan, Italy
Felice Festa, MD, DDS, PhD, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Daniela Garib, DDS, MSc, PhD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Antonio Gracco, DDS, University of Padua, Italy
Vincenzo Grassia, MD, MS, PhD, University of Campania, Italy
Sarandeep Huja, DDS, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Bärbel Kahl-Nieke, MD, University Hospital Hamburg, Germany
Stefano Martina, MD, University of Salerno, Italy
Keiji Moriyama, DDS, PhD, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Leonor Muelas, MD, Independent Researcher, Spain
Peter Ngan, MD, West Virginia University, USA
Ludovica Nucci, MD, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Takashi Ono, MD, DDS, PhD, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Moschos Papadopoulos, DDS, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Jasmina Primozic,  DDS,MSc, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Junji Sugawara, DDS, DDSc, Tohoku University, Japan
Eric Kang Ting, DMD, DMEDSC, Forsyth Institute, USA
Nikhlesh Vaid, BDS, MDS, PhD, MFDS RCS(Glasgow), FDTF(Ed), Independent Researcher, India
Carlalberta Verna, PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland
Sumit Yadav, BDS, MDS, PhD, MBA, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Abbas R. Zaher, MD, Alexandria University, Egypt

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