Editorial Board
The editorial board comprises of a panel of international experts in Global Oral Health from around the globe. Our editorial board members provide their expertise and guidance in shaping the content and direction of the journal.
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. S. M. Balaji, MDS, PhD, DSc.
Director & Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon
Balaji Dental & Craniofacial Hospital
Teynampet, Chennai – 600018, India
editor@jglobaloralhealth.org
Editor Emeritus
Dr. Robert Fulton
Department of Oral Health Section and Internal Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University,
Roots Town, OH, USA
rfulton330@gmail.com
Associate Editor – Peer reviewed Section
Dr. Manu Mathur
Senior Research Scientist and Associate Professor
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI),
New Delhi, India
manu.mathur@phfi.org
Executive Editor
Dr. Jaikrishnan Kakanar
Dentistry Practitioner
Burbank, California, USA
j.kakanar@gmail.com
Editorial Assistant
Dr. Preetha Balaji
Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital
Chennai, India
preetha@smbalaji.com
Assistant Editor
Dr. Samuelraj Srinivasan
Public Health Dentistry
Saveetha Dental College
Chennai, India
samuelrajsrinivasan@gmail.com
Section Editors
Dr. Madan Balasubramaniam
NCD & Oral Health
University of Sydney,
Australia
Email: madhan.balasubramanian@adelaide.edu.au
Dr. Ahmad Abdelkarim
Orthodontics
Biochemistry & Physiology
University of Hawaii School of Medicine
Honolulu, USA
Email: ahmedz@hawaii.edu
Dr. Claudio Fernandes
Emerging Technologies
Dr. Leena Ylikontiola
Congenital Deformities
Dr. Takashi Takata
Pathology
Hiroshima University
Japan
Dr. Gerhard Seeberger
Implantology & Rehabilitation
Past-President, FDI World Dental Federation
Cagliari, Italy
Email: seeberger.gk@gmail.com
Dr. Michael Carstens
Tissue Engineering
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Email: michaelcarstens@mac.com
Dr. Mahesh Verma
Inequalities
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
Delhi, India
Email: drvermamahesh@gmail.com
Dr. Hiroshi Ogawa
Preventive Dentistry
Head and Professor
Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences,
Niigata University, Japan
Dr. George Sandor
Dental Stemcell
University of Oulu,
Oulu, Finland
Email: george.sandor@oulu.fi
Dr. Georg Meyer
Cariology
Germany
Dr. Vijay Mathur
Pedodontics
Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry,
Centre for Dental Education and Research, AIIMS,
New Delhi, India
Email: vijaymathur7@gmail.com
Dr. Alexandre Mersel
Gerodontology
Dr. Purnima Kumar
Periodontics
Dr. Thomas G Wolf
Endodontics
Department of Restorative, Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry,
School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
Dr. Nik Kantaputra
Dental Genetics
Thailand
Dr. Rajesh P
Infection Control
India
Dr. Terry Tanaka
Restorative Dentistry
Prosthodontics University of Southern California, Ostrow School of Dentistry USA
Email: ttanaka@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp
Dr. Friedrich Herbst
Head of Surgery Department
Johannes-von-God-Platz 1
1020 Vienna
Email: chairpublicrlations@adint.org
Dr. Liana Bastos Freitas-Fernandes
Oral Health Litracy
Researcher at the Faculty of Dentistry of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Executive Council and Regional Section Coordinators
Dr. Park
President
Dr. Rajkumar
President-Elect
Dr. Kakanar
Interim Executive Director
Dr. Thomas L. Brink
President ADI Foundation
USA
Dr. Gerhard Seeberger
Immediate Past President
Dr. Balaji SM
Editor – in – Chief
INDIA
Dr. Claudio Fernandes
Vice President for Education
Dr. Friedrich Herbst
Public Relations Chairman
GERMANY
Dr. Wetende
Vice President for International Affairs
Dr. Kakanar
Vice President for Finance & Administration
Please visit ACADEMY OF DENTISTRY INTERNATIONAL® website for more details – https://www.adint.org/page/StandingCommittees
Regional Section Coordinators
Dr. Johnson Mwangi
Africa
Dr. Wayne Ottaway
Australasia
Vacant
Canada West
Dr. Dietmar Klement
Northern European
Dr. Bedros Yavru-Sakak
Eastern European
Dr. Kaveh Seyedan
Middle East
Dr. Juan Enrique Bazan
South America
Dr. David Hancock
USA South West
Dr. Lawrence Morris
USA South Central
Dr. Daniel Ninan
USA South East
Dr. Chang-Young Ahn
Asian Pacific
Dr. Hank Klein
Canada East
Dr. J. Estuardo Zachrisson
Central America
Dr. Stefano Colasanto
Southern European
Dr. Senichi Suzuki
Japan
Dr. Aida Salcedo
Philippines
Dr. Dat Giap
USA North West
Dr. Theresa Lao
USA North Central
Dr. Robert T. Wong
USA North East
Dr. Liana B Freitas-Fernandes
Brazil Section
Dr. Akankshah Bhatt
India Regency
Dr. Cecilia Villa Vicencio
Mexico Regency
