editorial Dent. Med. Probl. 2013, 50, 1, 7 14 ISSN 1644-387X Copyright by Wroclaw Medical University and Polish Dental Society Tomasz Konopka 1, Mariola Abkowicz 2, 3 History of the Journal Dental and Medical Problems Historia czasopisma Dental and Medical Problems 1 Department of Periodontology, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland 2 Library of Dental Faculty, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland 3 Department of Asian Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland Abstract In the current year, the 50 th volume of the dental journal published in the post-war Wrocław will be issued. Founded in 1960 from the initiative of Prof. Tadeusz Owiński, the magazine was originally called Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny. In that time, it was the second (after the Czasopismo Stomatologiczne ) scientific journal of dentistry in Poland. The round anniversary brings an opportunity to present the magazine s history and to reminisce about the authors and continuators working for the Dental and Medical Problems. The magazine s history has been divided into three periods: the period of 1960 1971 with Prof. Tadeusz Owiński as the editor-inchief; the period of Wrocławska Stomatologia in the years 1972 2001, and the period of the Dental and Medical Problems since 2002. In the years 1960 2012, 50 volumes of the dental journal were published in Wrocław. 2226 papers were published in total: 825 of original papers (37%), 775 of review papers (34.8%) and 481 (21.6%) of clinical cases (Dent. Med. Probl. 2013, 50, 1, 7 14). Key words: history of dentistry, Wrocławska Stomatologia, Dental and Medical Problems. Streszczenie W bieżącym roku ukaże się 50. tom czasopisma o tematyce stomatologicznej wydawanego w powojennym Wrocławiu. Czasopismo to powstało w 1960 r. jako Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny z inicjatywny prof. dr. hab. Tadeusza Owińskiego. Był to wówczas drugi, po Czasopiśmie Stomatologicznym, periodyk naukowy poświęcony stomatologii. Okrągły jubileusz jest okazją do przedstawienia historii tego pisma i wspomnienia jego twórców i kontynuatorów pracujących dla Dental and Medical Problems. Historię czasopisma podzielono na trzy okresy: 1960 1971, w którym redaktorem naczelnym był Tadeusz Owiński; 1972 2001 okres Wrocławskiej Stomatologii i od 2002 roku okres Dental and Medical Problems. W latach 1960 2012 wydano we Wrocławiu 50 tomów czasopisma o tematyce stomatologicznej. Opublikowano łącznie 2226 prac, w tym 825 oryginalnych (37%), 775 (34,8%) poglądowych i 481 (21,6%) kazuistycznych (Dent. Med. Probl. 2013, 50, 1, 7 14). Słowa kluczowe: historia stomatologii, Wrocławska Stomatologia, Dental and Medical Problems. In the current year, the 50 th volume of the dental journal published in the post-war Wrocław will be issued. Founded in 1960 from the initiative of Prof. Tadeusz Owiński, the magazine was originally called Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny. In that time, it was the second (after the Czasopismo Stomatologiczne ) scientific journal of dentistry in Poland. Until 2001, the magazine was published by the Lower Silesia Branch of the Polish Stomatological Association, and after that date by Wrocław Medical University and Polish Stomatological Association. The round anniversary brings an opportunity to present the magazine s history and to reminisce about the authors and continuators working for the Dental and Medical Problems. The magazine s history has been divided into three periods: the period of 1960 1971 with Prof. Tadeusz Owiński as the editor-in-chief; the period of Wrocławska Stomatologia in the years 1972 2001, and the period of the Dental and Medical Problems since 2002.
8 The years from 1960 to 1971 T. Konopka, M. Abkowicz The 15 th anniversary of dentistry in the postwar Wrocław was the opportunity to launch the first jubilee volume of the Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny (Fig. 1). The founder, Prof. Tadeusz Owiński, was the editor-in-chief of the inaugural issue of annals (Fig. 2). A select editorial board included the future professors: Adam Masztelarz DMD, Stanisław Potoczek MD DMD, Franciszek Mraz DMD, Tadeusz Pawela MD DMD. The cover design, which lasted until 2001, was done by Stanisław Szuba MD DMD. The magazine was published by the Lower Silesia Branch of the Polish Stomatological Association. Prof. Tadeusz Owiński launched the magazine with a reminiscent article summarising fifteen years of academic dentistry in the post-war Wrocław. In that time, the Wrocław s dentistry was rebuilding the headquarter on the foundation of the Institute of Dentistry working prior to the war, recreating teaching and scientific personnel, as well as organisational structures within the university and the Polish Stomatological Association. The scientific part of that volume consisted of 7 papers: Franciszek Mraz described the case of healing over the jaw cavernous tumour, Kazimiera and Tadeusz Pawela presented a topic of third molars purulent inflammation, Alicja Badurowa discussed a treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis with the use of adrenal cortex preparations, Stanisław Potoczek discussed the popularisation principles Fig. 1. Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny from 1960 Ryc. 1. Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny z 1960 roku
History of Dental and Medical Problems 9 Fig. 2. Professor Tadeusz Owiński founder the Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny and first editor-in-chief of Wrocławska Stomatologia in the years 1965 1971 Ryc. 2. Prof. Tadeusz Owiński założyciel Wrocławskiego Biuletynu Stomatologicznego oraz pierwszy redaktor naczelny Wrocławskiej Stomatologii w latach 1965 1971 of oral hygiene, Anna Ankiewicz-Majewska presented an application of fluorescence in dentistry, Henryk Schnitzer and Leopold Meloch evaluated the usefulness of a complete denture, and Bogumił and Andrzej Wołczański described a technique for preparing a crown-root inlay from a self-curing material. After two years of break, the second volume of the Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny was launched in 1963. It contained papers presented during the VI congress of the Section of Dental Surgery PTS. The last, third volume of the Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny was issued in 1964. It was composed of 32 papers, with a dominance of dental surgery topics, among others, one of the first papers of Tadeusz Pawela on eosinophilic granuloma. The annual magazine changed the title into Wrocławska Stomatologia in 1965 (Fig. 3). A select editorial board included: editor-in-chief Prof. Tadeusz Owiński Ph.D., editorial secretary: Assistant Professor Stanisław Potoczek Ph.D., Assistant Professor Adam Masztalerz Ph.D., Noemi Wigdorowicz-Makowerowa Ph.D., Assistant Professor Tadeusz Pawela Ph.D., Bogumił Płonka DMD, Ph.D. and Franciszek Mraz DMD, Ph.D. In that year, the editorial policy regarding the review process was presented for the first time. In the years 1966/1967, the joined jubilee issue summarizing the first twenty years of dentistry in the post-war Wrocław was published. Since 1970, the abstracts of papers in Russian have not been any more required. In the years from 1966 to 1971, over 30 papers were issued regularly. In 1971, even the double issue (the first issue was dedicated to a topic of teeth removal in the context of general medicine and technical dental aspect) was published. In that period, the authors of all papers were the academic members of Medical University. Apart from typically dental topics, the magazine covered also the problems of histopathology, anaesthesiology and anthropology. The papers, which in the future will become the greatest achievements of Wrocław s Dentistry School, are presented through the pages of the Wrocławska Stomatologia [2]. Certainly they include publications of Prof. Noemi Wigdorowicz- -Makowerowa dedicated to fluoride prophylaxis for caries, papers of Prof. Stanisław Potoczek on the relationship between general diseases and periodontitis, first papers of Prof. Adam Mastalerz on orthodontic treatment with the use of a fixed appliance, and papers of Assistant Professor Bogumił Płonka Ph.D. presenting an original Wrocław s method for the treatment of endentulous patients. The years from 1972 to 2001 The editor-in-chief of the Wrocławska Stomatologia changed in 1972. This function was taken by Prof. Stanisław Potoczek (Fig. 4). Prof. Tadeusz Owiński (editor of the Training Department) and Prof. Adam Mastalerz (editor of the Scientific Department) became vice-editors-in-chief. Upon resignation of Prof. Tadeusz Owiński from the editorial function in 1975, the newly selected editorial board, which would manage the Wrocławska Stomatologia for the next 20 years, was chosen. The board included: editor-in-chief Prof. Stanisław Potoczek, vice-editor-in-chief Prof. Adam Masztalerz, editorial secretary Zofia Masztalerzowa DMD, Ph.D., until 1993 Halina Pawiłowska DMD, Ph.D., in the years 1994 1995 Barbara Zasłonka DMD, Ph.D. Until 1990, the editorial board included only the senior academic staff members from Wrocław: Prof. Anna Majewska, Prof. Noemi Wigodorowicz-Makowerowa (until 1985), Prof. Jerzy Brzeziński, Prof. Feliks Ćwioro, Prof. Feliks Mraz, Prof. Bogumił Płonka and Prof. Tadeusz Pawela (until 1979). In that time, most of the published papers were of authors from Wrocław (over 90% of publications). The magazine was a place for publications representing the Wrocław s Dentistry School. They included among others: papers of Prof. Noe-
10 T. Konopka, M. Abkowicz Fig. 3. Wrocławska Stomatologia from 1965 Ryc. 3. Wrocławska Stomatologia z 1965 roku mi Wigdorowicz-Makowerowa on stomatognathic system dysfunctions, papers of Prof. Stanisław Potoczek team on biochemistry of saliva, papers of Prof. Adam Masztalerz on orthodontic diagnostics and treatment, and papers of Prof. Feliks Ćwioro on orthognathic surgery. The annals were divided into thematic parts: dental and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, prosthetics, conservative dentistry, periodontics and other papers and reports. In 1983, the Wrocławska Stomatologia obtained the ISSN 0239-4596 signature [3]. The publication of papers dedicated to pain in 1979 and presenting a point of view of dentists, but also of the psychiatric, laryngologist and pharmacologist is recognised as an innovative approach. In 1983, the papers of Prof. Jerzy Brzeziński explaining the role of Meckel s cartilage in the process of jaw growth were published in the magazine. In 1984, four review papers of Prof. Tadeusz Pawela on the tooth roots extraction and the conduction anaesthesia were issued. In the years 1987 1990, epidemiological papers dedicated to occurrence of caries and periodontium diseases in the context of clinical trials conducted in 1986 for the World Health Organisation were published. These papers were performed by team of doctors from Department of Conservative Dentistry. Many annals had an anniversary and jubilee character. The following anniversaries were celebrated: the 30 th anniversary of the Division of Dentistry of Wrocław Medical University in 1977,
History of Dental and Medical Problems 11 Fig. 4. Professor Stanisław Potoczek the editor- -in-chief of Wrocławska Stomatologia in the years 1972 1995 Ryc. 4. Prof. Stanisław Potoczek redaktor naczelny Wrocławskiej Stomatologii w latach 1972 1995 Fig. 5. Professor Bogumił Płonka the editor-in-chief of Wrocławska Stomatologia in the years 1996 2001 Ryc. 5. Prof. Bogumił Płonka redaktor naczelny Wrocławskiej Stomatologii w latach 1996 2001 the 35 th anniversary of Wrocław Medical University in 1980, the 25 th anniversary of the magazine Wrocławska Stomatologia in 1985, the 50 th anniversary of the Polish Science in Wrocław in 1995, and the 50 th anniversary of the Division of Dentistry in Wrocław in 1998 [3]. Zygmunt Szpilka MA, director of Zakład Graficzny Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu had major merits of the issuance of Wrocławska Stomatologia. Since 1991, the academic staff members from outside Wrocław, at the beginning only from Poznań, Gdańsk and Białystok, have joined the editorial board, as well as Prof. Urszula Kaczmarek and Prof. Marek Ziętek since 1993. Since 1994, the technical supervision over the magazine has been passed to the Department of Publishing of Medical University. Upon retirement of Prof. Stanisław Potoczek and his resignation from the function of editor-in-chief on December 16 th, 1995, the new editorial board of the Wrocławska Stomatologia was chosen, consisting of: editor-in-chief Prof. Bogumił Płonka (Fig. 5), vice-editor-in-chief Henryk Kaczkowski DMD, Ph.D., editorial secretary Halina Panek DMD, Ph.D. and Sławomir Makacewicz DMD, Ph.D. One year later, the first colourful figures appeared in the Wrocławska Stomatologia, and since 1998, a format of the magazine has come back to B5. In the years 1998 1999, a joined volume of the magazine was published containing, among others, historical articles on the development of the Department of Dental Prosthetics, Department of Orthodontics, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Department of Conservative Dentistry. For 40 th anniversary of the Wrocławska Stomatologia in 2000, Prof. Stanisław Majewski from Kraków wrote a special editorial article entitled Alma Mater Jagiellonica kolebką polskiej stomatologii uniwersyteckiej (Alma Mater Jagiellonica the place where the Polish academic dentistry began). Upon retirement of Prof. Bogumił Płonka and his resignation from the function of editor-inchief in 2001, Tomasz Konopka DMD, Ph.D. became a new editor-in-chief, and it was him to issue the last annals of the magazine under the name of Wrocławska Stomatologia. In the years from 1960 to 2001, 1335 papers were published in total in the Wrocławski Biuletyn Stomatologiczny and then in the Wrocławska Stomatologia. They consisted of: 346 (25.9%) of original papers, 532 (39.8%) of review papers, 346 (25.9%) of clinical cases and 110 (8.2%) of other papers. In those years, the magazine was the main source of review papers for doctors at the time of specialisation. The Wrocławska Stomatologia contained almost exclusively the articles of the academic members of faculties and institutes of the Wrocław Medical University. It is a permanent contribution to the academic achievement of Polish dentistry. The years from 2002 to 2012 In 2001, from the initiative of Prof. Leszek Paradowski, the former Rector of Wrocław Medical University, a character of the magazine was changed into definitely more scientific and relat-
12 T. Konopka, M. Abkowicz Table 1. List of the best oryginal papers published in the Dental and Medical Problems in the years 2002 2013 Tabela 1. Wykaz najlepszych prac oryginalnych opublikowanych w Dental and Medical Problems w latach 2002 2011 Rok (Year) Autorzy, ośrodek, tytuł pracy (Authors, scientific centre, paper title) 2002 Natalia Lewkowicz, Anna Kurnatowska, Przemysław Lewkowicz, Małgorzata Banasik, Henryk Tchórzewki (Medical University of Lodz) Peripheral Blood Neutrophils in Pathogenesis of Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers 2003 Marzena Dominiak, Dorota Mierzwa Dudek, Tomasz Konopka, Karol Całka (Wrocław Medical University) Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) in Treatment of Gingival Recession Preliminary Report 2004 Bing Hu, Hervé Lesot (Faculté de Médicine Strasbourg France) Induction of Dental Epithelial Histomorphogenesis in vitro 2005 Giuseppe A. Scardina, Pietro Messina, Francesco Carini, Angelo Leone (University of Palermo, Italy) Capsaicin Stimulation and Neurogenic Experimentally Induced Inflammation of the Human Labial Mucosa 2006 Piotr Ziółkowski, Zdzisław Woźniak, Agnieszka Hałoń, Krzysztof Szymonowicz, Oscar I. Koifman, Ray Bonnett, Maria Asuncion Valles, Bogusław Jankowski, Urszula Zaleska-Dorobisz (Wrocław Medical University, University of London, University of Barcelona Evaluation of Immobilized Photosensitizers in Terms of Photodynamic Therapy on Morris Hepatoma Cells 2007 Barbara Nowak, Rafał Obuchowicz, Wojciech Szczepański, Joanna Zarzecka, Wiesław W. Pawlik (Jagiellonian University in Kraków) Importance of Sensory Innervation in the Leptin Induced Protection of Oral Mucosa in the Experimental Model 2008 Anna Maria Mauro, Maria Buscemi, Angelo Leone, Aldo Gerbino (University of Palermo Italy): Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases 2,9 (MMP-2,-9) Orphanin and Others Peptides in Vascular Tone of Human Umbilocal Cordo at Term 2009 Monika Łukomska-Szymańska, Marcin Cajdler, Jerzy Klimek, Jerzy Sokołowski (Medical University of Łodz) Evaluation of Bacterial Adhesion to Nanocrystalline Diamond Coated Cobalt-Chromium Dental Alloy 2010 Dariusz Rychlik, Piotr Wójcicki (Wrocław Medical University) Osteoplasty of the Alveolar Process in Unilateral and Bilateral Total Cleft of the Lip, Alveolar Process and Palate Prospective Study 2011 Agnieszka Machorowska-Pieniążek, Barbara Liśniewska-Machorowska (Medical University of Silesia) Morphogenesis of the Craniofacial and Skeletal Maturity of the Cervical Vertebrae Nominujący (Nominating) dr hab. Tomasz Konopka prof. nadzw. Tadeusz Cieślik Maria Buscemi Tomasz Tomaszewski Dariusz Wołowiec dr hab. Tomasz Konopka prof. nadzw. Michał Jeleń Zdzisław Krysiński dr hab. Jan Wnukiewicz prof. nadzw. dr hab. Wiesław Kurlej Obszar tematyczny pracy (Thematic area of paper) Patologia błony śluzowej jamy ustnej, immunologia Oral pathology, immunology Chirurgia stomatologiczna periodontologia Oral surgery, periodontology Histologia, stomatologia eksperymentalna Histology, experimental dentistry Patologia błony śluzowej jamy ustnej Oral pathology Anatomia patologiczna, onkologia Pathomorphology, oncology Patologia błony śluzowej jamy ustnej, stomatologia eksperymentalna Oral pathology, experimental dentistry Histologia Histology Materiałoznawstwo stomatologiczne, protetyka Dental materials, prosthetic dentistry Chirurgia szczękowo-twarzowa, chirurgia plastyczna Maxillofacial surgery, plastic surgery Anatomia stomatologiczna, ortodoncja Dental anatomy, orthodontics ing to the relationship between dentistry and medicine in a general aspect, what is reflected in the title. At the will of Prof. Marek Ziętek, the President of the Polish Dental Society, this association became a co-publisher of the magazine. The initiator of the new magazine s title was Halina Panek MD, a former editorial secretary of the magazine. The Wrocław Medical University became a main publisher. The Department of Publishing of Medical University became solely responsible for a techni-
History of Dental and Medical Problems 13 DENTAL AND MEDICAL PROBLEMS 2002 39 1 WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY POLAND DENTAL AND MEDICAL PROBLEMS SEMIANNUAL POLISH STOMATO LOGICAL ASSOCIATION Former: WROCŁAWSKA STOMATOLOGIA 2002, Vol. 39, No. 1 Fig. 6. Dental and Medical Problems from 2002 Ryc. 6. Dental and Medical Problems z 2002 roku cal editorship, with invaluable for the magazine Urszula Mądrzak MA and Małgorzata Kuniewska-Kaucz MA. The editorial board was significantly broadened by members form all academic centres from Poland and abroad (at the beginning only from Germany and France). Since 2002, a select editorial board of the Dental and Medical Problems has contained: editor-in-chief prof. Tomasz Konopka Ph.D., vice-editor-in-chief Hanna Gerber-Leszczyszyn MD, DMD, Ph.D. (until 2008), in the years 2009 2011 Associate Professor Halina Panek, editorial secretary Halina Panek DMD, Ph.D. (until 2008) and since 2009 Anna Paradowska BDS. The style and format of the magazine were changed essentially (Fig. 6). Since the beginning papers in English were also published (in 2002 there were four of them). At the end of 2002, the magazine became available in the first two bibliographical databases, and it obtained 2 points in KBN classification and 2.15 points Index Copernicus. In the years 2002 2003, the Dental and Medical Problems was issued every half a year, whereas since 2004 quarterly. In 2004 the most interesting papers from the 48 th Congress of the GIRSO (Groupèment Internationale pour la Recherche Scientifique en Stomatologie et Odontologie) were published through the pages of the magazine. In that way the number of foreign publications increased. As the tendency is to publish articles in English, since 2006 this language has become obligatory for clinical cases, and since 2012 also for review papers. In 2007 the Dental and Medical Problems participated in the celebration of 60 th anniversa-
14 T. Konopka, M. Abkowicz ry of the Wrocław s academic dentistry [4]. In the first issue, the articles documenting the development of all academic units of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry in Wrocław were published. Since 2011, the magazine Dental and Medical Problems has been indexed in two international bibliographical databases Scopus and DOAJ. Since 2002, the best original papers have been awarded. The chapter consisting of: Prof. Stanisław Potoczek, Prof. Bogumił Płonka, Prof. Tomasz Konopka, Prof. Adam Masztalerz (until 2004), Hanna Gerber-Leszczyszyn MD, Ph.D. (until 2008), Associate Professor Jan Wnukiewicz (2009 2011), Prof. Thomas Gedrange (since 2011) choose the best original paper of the year from papers nominated by the reviewers. Table 1 presents the papers awarded in the years 2002 2011. This list gives an indication on the type of preferred subject matters, i.e. the relationship between medicine and dentistry. In the years from 2002 to 2012, 891 papers were published in total in the Dental and Medical Problems. They consisted of: 490 (54.9%) original papers, 242 (27.2%) review papers, 135 (15.1%) clinical cases and 23 (2.8) other papers. A comparison made between a dominant type of papers published before 2002 and after this date indicates that the magazine s profile changed from the instructional into the scientific one, which tries to become popular also abroad. In the years 1960 2012, 50 volumes of the dental journal were published in Wrocław. 2226 papers were published in total: 825 original papers (37%), 775 review papers (34.8%) and 481 (21.6%) clinical cases. Many famous authors of Polish dentistry started the career through the pages of the magazine. These publications enabled many authors to get a scientific promotion. Such situation is a practical contribution into developing Polish dentistry and dentistry as a part of medical science. It is also a reason for pride and giving thanks to people who helped us to succeed. We would especially like to thank the Authors of published papers, because due to their work the consecutive editorial boards could have worked. The dental journal in such an academic centre as Wrocław must continue to last, because we have a strong and reliable foundation on which to grow. References [1] Owiński T.: W piętnastolecie stomatologii we Wrocławiu. Wrocł. Biulet. Stomat. 1960, 3 13. [2] Bruziewicz-Mikłaszewska B.: Zarys dziejów uniwersyteckiej stomatologii we Wrocławiu. Od renesansu do współczesności. Praca habilitacyjna, AM we Wrocławiu, Wrocław 2006. [3] Masztalerz Z., Pawiłowska H.: 25 lat Wrocławskiej Stomatologii. Wrocł. Stomat. 1985, 3 5. [4] Konopka T., Potoczek S.: Structure and authorities of the University Dentistry in Postwar Wrocław. Dent. Med. Probl. 2007, 44, 5 10. Address for correspondence: Tomasz Konopka Department of Periodontology Wroclaw Medical University Krakowska 26 50-425 Wrocław Poland E-mail: tomasz.konopka@umed.wroc.pl Received: 30.01.2013 Accepted: 14.03.2013 Praca wpłynęła do Redakcji: 30.01.2013 r. Zaakceptowano do druku: 14.03.2013 r.