Editorial

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Revolution, evolution or involution?

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Knowledge and behavior towards oral lichen planus: An observational study

Lichen planus is an immunologically mediated mucocutaneous disease that is triggered by multiple etiological agents. Oral lichen planus (OLP) is characterized by a slow evolution without complete remission, nor spontaneous healing. The establishment of an early diagnosis is essential to be able to support and to relieve patients with oral lichen plan lesions especially those in active phase. This requires recognition by the dentists of the signs and symptoms, characteristics and different clinical forms under which this pathological entity may occur. The purpose of our survey was to evaluate the knowledge of dentists (teachers and Master students) in the Faculty of Dental Medicine of Saint Joseph University, Beirut, on the oral lichen planus by means of a survey study

What about the field of modern dentistry?

While successive technological advances since the 1980s have revolutionized dental practice in our institutions and practices, AI fingerprints have also marked it in several areas: maxillofacial radiology, the materials used, implantology, regenerative and reconstructive surgeries, clinical and laboratory diagnostic methodology, prosthetics and aesthetics, orthopedics and pedodontics without forgetting the central place of photography, the means and techniques of image processing have considerably improved

Curiosity: vice, quality or innate inclination

“I do not believe that the spirit of adventureis likely to disappear in our world.If I see something vital around me, it is precisely thisspirit of adventure, which seems, which seems to meineradicable and is related to curiosity”.Marie CuriePhysicist, Scientist (1867 – 1934

Information of all kinds

“It is the spirit that leads the worldand not intelligence.”Antoine de Saint-Exupér

Science and politics, what future for humanity?

“The fate of humanity will be what it deserves.“As I see the world, Albert Einstei

Language and communication

“Language is the painting of our ideas.“Antoine de Rivarol,from The Universality of the French Language (1784

From oral to written

« Life is a mystery that must be lived,not a problem to solve.»Ghand