European Journal of General Dentistry (EJGD)
European Journal of General Dentistry (EJGD)
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The European Journal of General Dentistry (Eur J Gen Dent) is a peer-reviewed, international, scientific journal published in accordance with independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review principles. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive the final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional/subject-based repository.
The European Journal of General Dentistry encourages submissions from all authors throughout the world. All manuscripts must comply with the Instructions to Authors. The following articles will be considered for publication: Editorials, Original Articles, Reviews, Brief Report, Case Report, and Letters to the Editor in the field of General Dentistry. Submitted manuscripts must not have been published, accepted for publication, or be under consideration elsewhere. Investigation on human subjects should conform to the guidelines noted in the World Health Organization Chronicle 1976; 30: 360-362. All articles will be critically reviewed by the Editor and invited referees within 3 weeks. Authors are requested to submit their articles at www.manuscriptmanager.net/ejgd.
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Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Nairn H F Wilson
King’s College London Dental Institute, UK
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Zohaib Khurshid
Department of Prosthodontics and Dental Implantology, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, KSA
Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Abdul Samad Khan
Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, KSA
Dr. Abhishek Parolia
Department of Endodontics, College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Ahmad Badruddin Bin Ghazali
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Diagnosis, Kulliyyah of Dentistry, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Dr. Altaf H. Shah
Delta Dental Urgent and Special Care Clinic, Department of Community Dental Sciences Marquette University School of Dentistry Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Dr. Amaliya Amaliya
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
Dr. Amir Isam Omer Ibrahim
Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, KSA
Dr. Amit Arora
Oral Health Services, Sydney Local Health District and Sydney Dental Hospital, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
Dr. Awiruth Klaisiri
Division of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Dr. Bruno R. Chrcanovic
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
Dr. Carla V. Gurgel
Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil Cecy Martins Silva School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Dr. Christian Morsczeck
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Dr. Dilek Tagtekin
Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Elio Hitoshi Shinohara
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Regional of Osasco “Dr. Vivaldo Martins Simões”, Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Ella A. Naumova
Department of Biological and Material Sciences in Dentistry, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
Dr. Erni Noor
Centre of Studies for Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry Campus Sg Buloh, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sg Buloh, Malaysia
Dr. Filiz Namdar Pekiner
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Folakemi A. Oredugba
Department of Child Dental Health, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Dr. Francisco Vera-Sempere
Department of Pathology, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain
Dr. Fusun Ozer
Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Gabriele Cervino
Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences, Morphological, and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Dr. Hakan Turkkahraman
Department of Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Dr. Henk S. Brand
Department of Oral Biochemistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Indah Yuri Noviaranny
Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
Dr. Izzet Yavuz
Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Dr. Jaafar Abduo
Melbourne Dental School, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Dr. James Bahcall
Department of Endodontics, University of Illinois-Chicago, College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dr. Jenny Abanto
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, International University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Jithendra Ratnayake
Department of Oral Science, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Dr. João Paulo Mendes Tribst
Department of Reconstructive Oral Care, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Universiteit van Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Joissi Ferarri Zaniboni
Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto (FORP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
Dr. José Renato Cavalcanti de Queiroz
Department of Biotechnology, College of Health, Potiguar University, Natal, RN, Brazil
Dr. Josué Martos
Department of Semiology and Clinics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Dr. Karen Vinall-Collier
Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Dr. Khaled E. Ahmed
Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Dr. Lisa M. Jamieson
Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Dr. Luca Testarelli
Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Dr. Luis A. Cordova
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile, and Craniofacial Research Lab, Faculty of Dentistry, UNAB, Santiago, Chile
Dr. Łukasz Zadrożny
Department of Dental Propaedeutics and Prophylaxis, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Dr. Lumnije Kqiku
Division of Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Prosthodontics, Dental Medicine and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Dr. Mahdi Mutahar
School of Dentistry, Health and Care Professions, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
Dr. Mahdieh Alipour
Department of Dental Medicine, College of Dental Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Knoxville, TN, USA
Dr. Marília Fagury Videira Marceliano-Alves
Department of Endodontics, Maurício de Nassau University Centre (UNINASSAU), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. Martin Gosau
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Dr. Marwa Baraka
Paediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Dr. Michele Callea
School of Oral Surgery, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Dr. Nidambur Vasudev Ballal
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Dr. Nikolaos A. Chrysanthakopoulos
Department of Pathological Anatomy, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dr. Noorhazayti Ab Halim
Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Kulliyyah of Dentistry, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Dr. Nozimjon Tuygunov
Faculty of Dentistry, Tashkent State Medical University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Dr. Pierre Le Bars
Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Nantes University, Nantes, France
Dr. Sompop Bencharit
Workman School of Dental Medicine, High Point University, High Point, NC, USA
Dr. Saurabh Jain
Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, KSA
Dr. Supreda Suphanantachat Srithanyarat
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Vytaute Peciuliene
Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Dr. Walter Yu Hang Lam
Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Dr. Wolfang H. Arnold
Department of Biological and Material Sciences in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany
Dr. Xiaoli Gao
Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore