Editor-in-Chief
Dr. D Gopalakrishnan, MDS, PhD
Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, Dr. D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune,
Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Executive Editor
Dr. Georgios E. Romanos, DDS, PhD
Department of Periodontology,
Director and Founder of the Laboratory of Periodontal-, Implant-, Phototherapy (La-PIP)
Stony Brook University, School of Dental Medicine (SDM)
Director for LASER Education at SDM, CMLSO
106 Rockland Hall
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8700
Dr. Shankargouda Patil, MDS, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Division of Oral Pathology,
Faculty of Dentistry, Jazan Univerisy, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Associate Editor
Dr. Shankargouda Patil, MDS, PhD
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology,
Dr. D.Y.Patil Dental College and Hospital,
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune 411018, Maharashtra India
Section Editors
Periodontology
Dr. Aneesha Acharya
Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Oral Pathology and Microbiology
Dr. Amol Gadbail
Department of Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital and Research Center, Nagpur, MH, India.
Oral Medicine and Radiology
Dr. Shailesh Gondivkar
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, MH, India.
Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Nilesh Rathi
Department of Pedodontics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, MH, India.
Community Health Dentistry
Dr. Sahana Hegde
Professor & Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry,
Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
Dr. Rajesh Shetty
Professor & Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics,
Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India
International Advisory Board
Dr. Adel Mostafa
Chairman, Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences,
College of Dentistry, King Khalid University College of Dentistry, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Anil Sukumaran
Professor, Periodontics and Implant Dentistry
College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ahmed Al – Kahtani
Consultant and Head of Endodontic Division, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences,
King Saud University, College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Antoine Berberi
Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
School of Dentistry, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Lakshman P Samarnayake
Dean, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
Dr. Matheus Coelho Bandeca
Head Postgraduate Program in Dentistry,
Professor, Master of Sciences Program in Dentistry, CEUMA University, Sao Luis - MA Brazil.
Dr. Solomon Nwhator
Senior Lecturer & Consultant Periodontologist,
Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry,
College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Dr. Balvinder S Khambay
Clinical Associate Professor in Orthodontics, Discipline of Paediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics,
Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr. Carlos Rocha Gomes
Associate Professor, Sao Paulo State University – UNESP, Institute of Science and Technology
Department of Restorative Dentistry, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Mohammed Mustahsen R
Dean, RAK College of Dental Sciences,
RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, Ras Al Kaihmah, UAE
Dr. Cynthia Yiu
Clinical Professor in Pediatric Dentistry, Discipline of Paediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics,
Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
