1 . EDITORIAL: Why Publish in Oral Biosciences & Medicine?

Authors: Birgitte Nauntofte, Jesper Reibel, Peter A. Reichart, James J. Sciubba, Joanna Zakrzewska

2 . Molecular Mechanisms of Tooth Development and Malformations

Authors: Georg C. Schwabe / Charlotte Opitz / Sigrid Tinschert / Stefan Mundlos / Paul T. Sharpe

3 . Oral Microflora in Patients with Salivary Gland Hypofunction

Authors: Esther Hofer / Siri Beier Jensen / Anne Marie Lynge Pedersen / Allan Bardow / Birgitte Nauntofte

4 . Whole Saliva Flow Rates and Saliva Proteins in Patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome

Authors: Cristina Bez / Daniela Uglietti / Federica Demarosi / Giovanni Lodi / Andrea Sardella / Sonia Viscardi / Antonio Carrassi

5 . Characterization of the Nuclear Activity of Aging Acinar and Ductal Cells of Palatal Salivary Glands

Authors: Marilena Vered / Amos Buchner / Smadar Sivor / Lior Feinstein / Yehuda Hiss / Dan Dayan

6 . Local Cellular Immune Reaction to Oral Normal and Immunodeficient Mice: Implications of Infectious Dose

Authors: Andrea Maria Schmidt-Westhausen

7 . Retention of Allogeneic Calvarial Periosteum as Soft Tissue around Allogeneic Transplanted Teeth in Alveolar Bone

Authors: Hideyuki Kawasaki / Yoshimasa Okamatsu / Atsushi Ohazama / Kohji Hasegawa

8 . Maxillary Osteonecrosis in Visceral Leishmaniasis: a Case Report

Authors: Giuseppe Colella / Carlo Borriello / Crispian Scully