EDITORIALS

Fake news, fake science – the black side of the internet

Jean-François Roulet
DDS, PhD, Prof hc, Professor
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Readers,

The internet is a fantastic world. It is an unbelievably deep source of information. On top of it, with the social media it gives to you access to basically millions of people. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? But as a critical mind, I must ask myself: is this beneficial only? I doubt it. Since information is neutral, it can be good or bad, or in other words, true, false or even worse: manipulated. I definitely know that social media are used to target people in order to make business with them. |full text| |read PDF|

The key to improving the peer-review process and rewarding the reviewer’s activity: Publons registration

Marian-Vladimir Constantinescu
DDS, MSc, PhD, Professor
Editor-in-Chief

Dear readers,
As editor of the Stomatology Edu Journal, I attended the webinars organized by Clarivate Analytics. This is where I found out a series of extremely useful information in my editorial task. This is how I learned about Publons, a site which is part of Clarivate Analytics, and its importance in an editor’s activity. Therefore, to improve the peer-review process and to make the activity of the reviewers more visible, we have registered the Stomatology Edu Journal in Publons. |full text| |read PDF|

LETTERS

In Celebration of Professor Adrian Bejan on his 70^th birthday

Now, when Professor Adrian Bejan, honorary member of the Romanian Academy and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Stomatology Edu Journal, is celebrating his 70^th anniversary, all his colleagues and friends would like to warmly congratulate him and also take this opportunity to show their deep appreciation and give you an idea of just how great this man is in various areas of engineering science and applied physics.
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NEWS

Impressions from London at the 96th General Session meeting of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR)

The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) General Session was held in conjunction with the Pan European Regional (PRE) Congress on July 25-28, 2018 in London, England. The congress was a major meeting, encouraging the presentation and discussion of novel findings and clinical approaches among more than 5000 scientists and researchers coming from almost 90 countries.
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The European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry (ESCD) celebrated its 15^th anniversary in Lisbon, from the 20^th to the 22^nd of September

The festive moment of the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry (ESCD) arrived in Lisbon during its most important congress ever organized. More than 650 participants from 50 countries gathered in Lisbon to celebrate 15 years of friendship, high-end dentistry and education.

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PRODUCT NEWS

Gold Standard in Dental Photography: Digital Camera for Professional Dental Photography, EyeSpecial C-III

While visiting the dental exhibition in Cologne, IDS 2017, I tried to explore as many stands as possible belonging to the major equipment and material manufacturers present. We also went to the stand of Shofu Dental Corporation, the well-known producer coming from the “Land of the Rising Sun”.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION ONLINE

From The Journal of the American Dental Association

JADA OnlinE CE ExAms http://jada.ada.org/ce/home http://jada.ada.org/ceworksheets
July 2018

Niodita Gupta, MD, MPH, PhD, Marko Vujicic, PhD, Andrew Blatz, MS
MULTIPLE OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS AMONG PRIVATELY INSURED DENTAL PATIENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Evidence from claims data
J Am Dent Assoc. 2018 Jul;149(7):619–627.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2018.02.025.
https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(18)30130-2/fulltext

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STATISTICS STOMAEDUJ 2014 – 2017

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