Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
March 2012
Print ISSN:
1470-855
Vol:
13
Issue:
1

Instructions to Authors

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
For full instructions visit the web site: http://www.bsdh.org.uk/journal/instructions.php The Journal of Disability and Oral Health is the official journal of the British Association of Disability and Oral Health, the Irish Association of Disability and Oral Health and the International Association of Disability and Oral Health. It is published quarterly and has international scope with comprehensive coverage of disability and oral health in the wider context of dentistry and available on line with full instructions for submission. The Journal seeks to publish original peer-reviewed articles relating to all aspects relevant to the comprehensive oral care of disabled people and to the dental public health aspects of disability. The Journal publishes Editorials, Original Scientific Articles, Reviews, Commentaries, and Clinical articles on novel techniques, Case Series and a limited number of Case Reports. The Journal adheres to the definition of authorship set up by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). All authors submitting work must have read and meet the requirements for authorship and on publication ethics set out in the policy of the (ICMJE) on Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication as laid out in: http://www.icmje.org/urm_full.pdf

Submission instructions

Submissions should be sent by email to JDOHEditor@cardiff.ac.uk. The following are required: 1. Manuscript: Send your manuscript in the correct form – see instructions below 2. Covering letter: A covering signed by all the authors stating: The submission is the original work of the author(s) and has not been published, nor being considered for publication, elsewhere. Contributors who do not qualify as authors should be mentioned under Acknowledgements. 3. Disclosure Form: a completed disclosure form must be included (http://www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf) declaring any potential conflict of interest. 4. Ethical Approval: Where necessary, authors should have received ethical approval for their work and this information should be recorded in the manuscript. 5. For Clinical Trials: A CONSORT checklist and flow diagram should also be included.

Content and style of manuscripts

Use a clear and concise writing style and avoid jargon or long and complicated sentences that are hard to follow. Avoid the passive voice when the active voice may be more appropriate Use International English spelling e.g. ‘ise’ not ‘ize’. Manuscripts should be double-spaced with a font size of 12. Use a margin of 4cm on the left hand side of the page. Pages should be numbered consecutively on the top right hand corner. Main headings should be in upper case and emboldened, subsidiary headings should be in lower case and emboldened.

Original Scientific Articles

Contributions should be no more than 3000 words, including Tables and Figures. The Title page should contain the following information and be sent as a separate document with authors’ names and address (es). Academic qualifications are not necessary. Title - must be short and descriptive Author(s) name(s) – Surname then initials of each author. Separate authors by ‘,’ and job titles Institution – indicate with numbers the Institution associated with each author Correspondence address- Address, telephone, fax and email of corresponding author Key Words no more than six key words Running Title Abstracts: must be able to stand alone, should not include references or abbreviations with a maximum of 250 words and structured as follows: Aim and objectives, Methodology (to include subjects - number of subjects and selection; setting, procedures including the nature of any interventions, main outcome measures, Results, Conclusions Main Document: Should be divided into the sections and in the following order: Introduction, Material and Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, References, Tables, Figure Legends, Figures

Article Price
£15.00
Institution Article Price
£
Page Start
38
Page End
39
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Articles from this issue

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  1. Editorial - Encouraging wider participation and engagement
  2. 2
  3. 2

  1. Measuring dental anxiety in children with complex and additional support needs using the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (faces) (MCDASf)
  2. 3
  3. 10

  1. The oral health status and behaviour among non-institutionalised employed adults with intellectual disabilities
  2. 11
  3. 18

  1. Saudi dental students’ perception of their education in Special Care Dentistry and its effect on their confidence to render care
  2. 19
  3. 25

  1. Access to care waiting times for special care patients accessing specialist services in a dental hospital
  2. 27
  3. 34

  1. Diary Dates
  2. 35
  3. 35

  1. Instructions to Authors
  2. 38
  3. 39

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