Editor-in-Chief
Yasuhisa Tsujimoto, DDS, PhD (Nihon University)

Executive Editors
Nobuyuki Tani-Ishii, DDS, PhD (Kanagawa Dental University)
Takashi Okiji, DDS, PhD (Niigata University)
Satoshi Yokoo, DDS, PhD (Gunma University)
Masaru Igarashi, DDS, PhD (Nippon Dental University)
Teruyasu Hirayama, MD, PhD (Nihon University)
Osamu Takeichi, DDS, PhD (Nihon University)

Officers of JAMD
Yasuhisa Tsujimoto, DDS, PhD (President)
Nobuyuki Tani-Ishii, DDS, PhD (Vice President)
Jun Mitsuhashi, DDS (Vice President)
Itaru Yoshida, DDS (Secretary General)

International Editorial Board
Mikako Hayashi, DDS, PhD (JAMD)
Yoshifumi Kinomoto, DDS, PhD (JAMD)
Norihiro Sawada, DDS, PhD (JAMD)
Masana Suzuki, DDS (JAMD)
Yoshitugu Terauchi, DDS, PhD (JAMD)
Akio Yamamoto, DDS, PhD (JAMD)
Adriana McGregor, DDS (AMED)
Terry Pannkuk, DDS, MScD (AMED)
Eudes Gondim, DDS, MS, PhD (ABRAMO)
Carlos Murgel, DDS, MS, PhD (ABRAMO)
Wayne Pulver, DDS (CANADA)
L. Stephen Buchanan, DDS (USA)
Tota Shimizu, DDS (UCLA)

MICRO is the official journal of
Japan Association of Microscopic Dentistry (JAMD)
Fax: +81-47-360-9370
E-mail: tsujimoto.yasuhisa@nihon-u.ac.jp
Website: www.kenbikyoshika.jp
President: Yasuhisa Tsujimoto, DDS, PhD

Associated Academies
Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry (AMED)

Brazilian Association of Operatory Microscopy (ABRAMO)

Publisher
Kazutaka Sasaki

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