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Community-based dental care

Guest Editors
Mas Suryalis Ahmad, PhD, DClinDent Special Needs Dentistry, MMedEd, BDS, MARA Technological University, Malaysia
Burak Buldur, DDS, PhD, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Türkiye 
Ronel Maart, PhD, MPhil, PDD Comdent, BChD, University of the Western Cape, South Africa 
Nélio Veiga, PhD, Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal 

Submission Status: Open until 5 January 2026

Data-driven dentistry

Guest Editors

Tim Joda, PhD, MSc, eMBA, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Hollis Lai, PhD, MBA, MEd, BSc, University of Alberta, Canada

Submission Status: Open until 6 November 2025

In vitro models for biocompatibility testing

Guest Editors
Stéphane Durual, PhD (PD), University of Geneva, Switzerland 
Laurine Marger, PhD, University of Geneva, Switzerland 
Carlos Miguel Marto, DMD, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Thanaphum Osathanon, DDS, PhD, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 

Submission Status: Open until 3 October 2025

Patient maintenance and management following periodontal treatment

Guest Editor
Jagjit Singh Dhaliwal, MDS, MPhil, PhD, FDS RCPS (Glasg), Griffith University, Australia
Prabhu Manickam Natarajan, BDS, MDS, PhD (Periodontia), Ajman University, UAE

Submission Status: Open until 9 September 2025

Integrating oral and medical health care

Guest Editors
Marcelo Freire, DDS, PhD, DmedSc, University of San Diego, USA
Zuzanna Ślebioda, DDS, PhD, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland

Submission Status: Open until 2 July 2025

Oral complications from cancer treatment

Guest Editors
Giuseppina Campisi, DDS, MD, University of Palermo, Italy
Deepak Gupta, BDS, MDS, FICCDE, M.M. College of Dental Sciences and Research, India
Yumiko Kawashita, PhD, DDS, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan
Kumar Chandan Srivastava, BDS, MDS, PhD, MBA, Jouf University, Saudi Arabia

Submission Status: Open until 5 June 2024

Evidence-based dentistry

Guest Editors
Yubin Cao, MD, DDS, PhD, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, China
Fang Hua, BDS, MSc, PhD, Wuhan University, China
Rohit Kunnath Menon, BDS, MDS, MFDS, PhD, Ajman University, UAE

Oral health and mental health

Guest Editors
Jieyi Chen, BDS, PhD, FICD, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, The University of Hong Kong, China
Ramon Targino Firmino, MSc, PhD, DDS, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, BChD, MBA, MEd, PhD, FWACS, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Tamanna Tiwari, BDS, MDS, MPH, University of Colorado, USA

Innovations in cleft research

Guest Editors
Mekonen Eshete Abebe MD, PhD, FCS (ECSA), FACS, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Magdalena Sycińska-Dziarnowska, DDS, PhD Orthodontist, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland
Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld, DMD, PhD, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland

Advancing oral medicine

Guest Editors
Alessandro Antonelli, DDS, PhDs, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy
Manish Devendra Mair, MS, MCh, University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust, UK

Sustainability in dentistry

Guest Editors
Kelvin Ian Afrashtehfar, DDS, Dr med dent, MSc, PHD/MOE, FCGDent, FRCD(C), FDS RCS(Eng), University of Bern, Switzerland
Maria Antoniadou, PhD, University of Athens, Greece
Carlos Alberto Jurado, DDS, MS, MBA(c), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
Steven Mulligan, BSc (Hons), BDS, PhD, The University of Sheffield, UK

Resolving inequalities through oral health literacy

Guest Editors
Arheiam Arheiam, BDS, MSc, PhD, DDPH RCS (Eng.), University of Benghazi, Libya
Rafael Aiello Bomfim, PhD, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Brazil
Arash Ghanbarzadegan, DDS, MPH, PhD, Sydney Dental School, The University of Sydney, Australia

Advancing dental education

Guest Editors
Mariana Minatel Braga, PhD, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Tong Wah Lim, BDS, MProsRCS, AM, MClinDent in Prosthodontics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Galvin Sim Siang Lin, DDS, MScD, MMedEd, PhD, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia

Dental trauma

Guest Editors
Patrícia Corrêa-Faria, PhD, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
Sumir Gandhi, BDS, MDS, Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, India

Lasers in dentistry

Guest Editors:
Nasim Chiniforush, DDS, PhD, University of Genoa, Italy
Jacek Matys, DDS, PhD, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

Prevention and management of dental erosion and decay

Guest Editors

Guglielmo Campus, DDS, PhD, Doctor Honoris Causa in Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
John Yun Niu, PhD (HKU), BDS & MDS (WHU), The University of Hong Kong, China
Berkant Sezer, DDS, MSc, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye
Ollie Yiru Yu, BMed, MStomat (Huazhong Sc & Tech), PhD (HK), The University of Hong Kong, China

Early detection and prevention of oral cancer

Guest Editors:
Márcio Diniz-Freitas, PhD: University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain
Deepak Gupta, BDS, MDS: Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Ambala, India
Shankargouda Patil, BDS, MDS, PhD, FRCPath (UK), FDSRCPS (Glasg), FICD, FPFA: College of Dental Medicine, Roseman University of Health Sciences, Utah, USA
Alan Roger Santos-Silva, DDS MSc, PhD: Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Brazil

Patient-reported outcomes in dentistry

Guest Editors:
Jieyi Chen, BDS, PhD, FICD: Guanghua School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Dhelfeson Willya Douglas-de-Oliveira, MS, PhD: Adjunct Professor, Dentistry Department, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Brazil

New biomaterials for modern dentistry

Guest Editors:
Francesco Bennardo, PhD: School of Dentistry, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
Artak Heboyan, MSc, PhD: Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Stomatology, Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, Armenia

Advancing oral health care for vulnerable patients

Guest Editors:
Julia Csikar, BSc (Hons), MPH, PhD: Lecturer in Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, UK
Karen Vinall-Collier, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD: Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, UK

Artificial intelligence: applications in dentistry

Guest Editors:

Prabhat Kumar Chaudhari, MDS, MFDS RCPS (Glasg), MFDS RCS (Eng), MDTFEd, MAMS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Kunaal Dhingra, MDS, MFDS RCPS (Glasg), MFDS RCS (Eng), MDTFEd, MAMS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Raša Mladenović, DDS, PhD: University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Sergio Uribe, DDS, MSc, PhD: Riga Stradins University, Latvia / Austral University of Chile, Chile

Antibiotic use, resistance and stewardship in dentistry

Guest Editors:
Kangmin Duan, PhD: The University of Manitoba, Canada
Smitha Sukumar, BDS, MSc, PhD: The University of Sydney, Australia
Leanne Teoh, BDS (Hons), PhD: The University of Melbourne, Australia
Wendy Thompson, BSc (Hons), BDS (Hons), FCGDent, FICD, FHEA: The University of Manchester, UK

Oral and systemic health

Guest Editors:
Rodrigo Mariño, MPH, PhD: Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Meghashyam Bhat, MDS, PhD: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India

Teledentistry and distance learning: improving access to oral health care and education

Guest Editors:
Raša Mladenović, DDS, PhD: University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Bharathi Purohit, PhD: Division of Public Health Dentistry, Center for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Tuti Mohd-Dom, MPH, PhD: Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Malaysia