JMAJ, May/June 2011 — Vol. 54, No. 3 *1 Part of this manuscript appeared in the proceedings of the International Symposium on Oral Medicine ‘Grand Design for Future Dentistry’ that was held on December 4, 2010 at Acros Fukuoka International Conference Hall (Fukuoka, Japan). *2 President, Japanese Stomatological Society. Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The ...