3. Manuscript categories and requirements

Submissions to the journal should be limited to original article categories and specific information regarding length and format is provided below. Original articles are papers that report significant clinical or basic research in dentistry. Word limit are not limited words maximum including references, tables and figures

TITLE

Title(Number of words in titles should not be more than 22 words, straightforward, informative and describe the entire contents of paper including type of research (left aligned, bold, font type Tahoma size 14), with only the first letter of the first word capitalized).

ABSTRACT ( tahoma font 10,bold)

A single paragraph consists of about 300 words maximum. For research articles, the abstract should contain a general explanation and pertinent overview of the article. Authors should use the following style of abstract structure, but without headings: (1) Introduction: Put the question to be discussed in a broad context and state the research objectives here; (2) Methods: Briefly describe the main methods or treatments applied in the study; (3) Results: Summarizes the main findings of the article; (4) Conclusion: Indicate the main conclusions or interpretations.

The abstract should be an objective representation of the article, must not contain results that are not presented and substantiated in the main text and must not exaggerate the main conclusions (Tahoma font 10)

KEYWORDS

Consists of 3-5 phrases, written in order of appearance in the title.Sort according to the variable or phrase you want to highlight, the separator uses a comma, the first phrase is uppercase and the next phrase is lowercase, keywords available in: http://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/ 

INTRODUCTION (Tahoma font 10,bold)

The introduction emphasizes the urgency of the problem that needs to be solved, explains the problem in general and explains the rationale that forms the background for the analysis in the context of what is known beforehand, identifies the problem then clearly conveys the research objectives or hypotheses to solve the problem at the end of the introduction and provide an explicit statement about the question given with reference to the participant, interventions, comparisons, results, and study design (PICOS). The introduction is limited to only 4 – 6 paragraphs. Each paragraph must contain more than 2 sentences. The introduction must not contain subtitles. The introduction should describe the research in its broader context and emphasize why the research is important, including an explanation of the purpose of the research and its significance (as state explicity gap analisis/novelty of the research). The current state of the research area should be reviewed carefully and key publications should be cited. If necessary, state the hypothesis. As well as briefly state the main purpose of the research to make the introduction understandable to researchers outside of a particular field of study. Quoting at least 15 articles from journals, with a research period preferably of the last 5 years, the longest being the last 10 years.All paragraphs of the article’s sections (from abstract to conclusion) must follow the example of formatting above. The first paragraph needs to be written without indentation. All paragraphs’ spacing had to be set to 1pt (before and after), and the line spacing set to single. The font used is Tahoma, with size 8.

METHODS (Tahoma font 10, bold)

The research methods need to describe the type of research, population, sampling method, research instrument, research time, research location, method of data analysis, and method of statistical analysis. Materials and Methods should be well described so that others can emulate and build upon published results. Please note that publishing an article you write means that you must make all materials, data, computer code and protocols associated with publication available to readers. If you do not have any materials or information, please let us know when submitting your manuscript. New methods and protocols should be described in detail, while tried and tested methods can be described briefly and appropriately cited. Research papers reporting large data sets stored in publicly available databases must indicate where the data are stored and the corresponding accession number. Please put the references used in this section.

RESULTS (Tahoma font 10, bold)

This section can be divided into several subheadings. This section must contain a brief and accurate description of the results of the research, its interpretation and experiments that can be taken. The research results describe the main findings of the study. The results of the research are presented in the form of tables or figures, accompanied by supporting narratives that provide references to the tables and figures. Tables and figures are included in the body of the manuscript. Titles of tables and figures are numbered with Arabic numerals, single space. Display quality of manuscripts, tables (Microsoft word or excel format) and images (JPEG format with minimum resolution of 300 dpi) are attached in separate files.This is a table caption, written with Title case, center alignment,bold, and Tahoma font, size 8. Tables should be placed in the main text near to the first time they are cited.bold, and Tahoma font, size 8. Tables should be placed in the main text near to the first time they are cited . Please put the explanation under each table. Tables should be made according to the Template’s formatting. (e.g. no vertical lines as seen above). figure. Schemes follow the same formatting. If there are multiple panels, they should be listed as: (A) Description of what is contained in the first panel. (B) Description of what is contained in the second panel. Figures should be placed in the main text near to the first time they are cited. A caption on a single line should be centered. Figures: There is no limit to the number of figures. attached figures must be in JPEG format with minimum resolution of 300 dpi.Please pointed of with an arrow for important finding if necessary

DISCUSSION ( tahoma font 10,bold)

Describe the results obtained from the research. The author compiles, analyzes, evaluates and interprets and compares the latest findings with findings from existing research. Do not repeat sentences from the introduction, methods and results. The number of discussion paragraphs must be longer than the introduction. The author should pay attention to the consistency of the article from the title to the discussion. The limitations of the research and suggestions for further research development are explained in this section. The author should discuss the research results (including the tables and figures) and how these results can be interpreted based on previous research and from working hypotheses. The results and their implications should be discussed in the widest possible context. Future research directions and generalizability may also be outlined.

CONCLUSION ( tahoma font 10,bold)

The conclusion contains the answers to the research problem formulation, not by including the statistical results, but in the form of a conclusion from the statistical results. Conclusions must be able to describe the results of the research which are described in the research objectives.

The conclusion contains the answers to the research problem formulation, not by including the statistical results, but in the form of a conclusion from the statistical results. Conclusions must be able to describe the results of the research which are described in the research objectives.

This section is not required, but can be added to the article if the discussion is long and complex:???

Acknowledgement

Only includes acknowledgements or explicit statements regarding financial support, grants or other funding schemes by specifying the individual or institution concerned if any. Acknowledgements for non-financial support or funding and another form of contributions need not be included in this section. (Tahoma, Font 8)

Author Contributions: research articles with several authors, a short paragraph specifying their individual contributions must be provided. The following statements should be used “Conceptualiza-tion, X.X. and Y.Y.; methodology, X.X.; software, X.X.; validation, X.X., Y.Y. and Z.Z.; formal analysis,X.X.; investigation, X.X.; resources, X.X.; data curation, X.X.; writing original draft preparation,X.X.; writing review and editing, X.X.; visualization, X.X.; supervision, X.X.; project administration,X.X.; funding acquisition, Y.Y. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.”, please turn to the CRediT taxonomy for the term explanation. Authorship must be limited to those who have contributed substantially to the work reported.

Funding: Please add: “This research received no external funding” or “This research was funded by NAME OF FUNDER grant number XXX.” and and “The APC was funded by XXX”. Check carefully that the details given are accurate and use the standard spelling of funding agency names at https://search.crossref.org/funding, any errors may affect your future funding.

Institutional Review Board Statement: In this section, you should add the Institutional Review Board Statement and approval number, if relevant to your study. You might choose to exclude this statement if the study did not require ethical approval. Please note that the Editorial Office might ask you for further information. Please add “The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Institutional Review Board (or Ethics Committee) of NAME OF INSTITUTE (protocol code XXX and date of approval).” for studies involving humans. OR “The animal study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (or Ethics Committee) of NAME OF INSTITUTE (protocol code XXX and date of approval).” for studies involving animals. OR “Ethical review and approval were waived for this study due to REASON (please provide a detailed justification).” OR “Not applicable” for studies not involving humans or animals.

Informed Consent Statement: Any research article describing a study involving humans should contain this statement. Please add “Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.” OR “Patient consent was waived due to REASON (please provide a detailed justification).”OR “Not applicable” for studies not involving humans.  You might also choose to exclude this statement if the study did not involve humans. Written informed consent for publication must be obtained from participating patients who can be identified (including by the patients themselves). Please state “Written informed consent has been obtained from the patient(s) to publish this paper” if applicable.

Data Availability Statement: We encourage all authors of articles published in PJD journals to share their research data. In this section, please provide details regarding where data supporting reported results can be found, including links to publicly archived datasets analyzed or generated during the study. Where no new data were created, or where data is unavailable due to privacy or ethical re-strictions, a statement is still required. (Tahoma, Font 8).

Conflicts of Interest: Declare conflicts of interest or state “The authors declare no conflict of interest.”Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. Any role of the funders in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in this section. If there is no role, please state “The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results”. (Tahoma, Font 8).

REFERENCES (Tahoma,font 10)

There must be at least 15 references in Introduction, and 20 in total for the whole article.Only from the last 10 years, minimum of 20 sources and at most with 80% Journals - 20% Books if necessary. Add the refrences’ DOI.(Tahoma, Font 8)

1. Journals

Non continuous pagination:

Smithline HA, Mader TJ, Ali FM, Cochi MN. Determining pretest probability of DVT: clinical intuition vs validated scoring system. N Engl J Med 2000 Apr 4;21(2):161-2.

Continuous pagination: Santoro M. Comparison of measurement made on digital and plaster models. Am J Orthod 2013;57:101–5.

Journals on internet:

Dumitrescu, A. L. Etiology and pathogenesis of Periodontal Disease. New York: Springer Heidelberg. 2013; pp. 36-54.DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03010-9.

Books on internet:

Todar K. Todar’s online textbook of bacteriology. University of Winconsin-Madison. 2015 [cited 2006 Sep 10]. Available from: http://www.textbookofbacteriology. net.

Website/homepage:

HeartCentreOnline [homepage on internet]. Boca Raton, FL: HeartCentreOnline, Inc.; c2000-2004 [updated 2004 May 23; cited 2014 Oct 15]. Available from: http://legacy.netlibrary.com/Website/part of a homepage:

American Medical Association [homepage on internet]. Chicago: The Association; c1995-2002 [cited 2005 Apr 20] Group and Faculty Practice Physicians; [about 2 screens]. Available from: http://www.ama-assn.org/ ama/pub/category/1736.html.

Standard journal article:

Buscail C, Upegui E, Viel JF. Mapping heat wave health risk at the community level for public health action. Int J Health Geogr. 2013;11(1):38.

References with more than six authors:

Sohn YB, Paik KH, Cho HY, Kim SJ, Park SW, Kim ES, et al. Continuous renal replacement therapy in neonates weighing less than 3 kg. Korean J Pediatr. 20123;55(8):286–92.

Organization as a source:

WHO. WHO position paper on hepatitis A vaccines. Wkly Epid emiol Rec. 2013;87(28/29):261–76.

No author given:

Mental care and relief support for victims of the earthquake occurred in eastern part of Japan. Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi. 2013;113(9):825–44.

Volume with supplement:

Rushton L, Hutchings SJ, Fortunato L, Young C, Evans GS, Brown T, et al. Occupational cancer burden in Great Britain. Br J Cancer. 2013;107 (Suppl1):S3–7.

Edition with supplement:

North CS, Pollio DE, Smith RP, King RV, Pandya A, Suris Am, et al. Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder among employees of New York City companies affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2013;(5 Suppl 2):S205–13.

Organization as the author:

UNAIDS. Meeting the investment challenge tipping the dependency. Geneva: WHO Library Cataloguing Data; 2013.

Chapter in a book:

Pignone M, Salazar R. Disease prevention and health promotion. In: Diedrich C, Lebowitz H, Holton B, editors. 2013 current medical diagnosis and treatment. 51sted. New York: The McGraw-Hill companies; 2013. P. 1–21.

2.Books

Personal author (one to 6 authors):

Proffit WR, Fields HW. Contemporary orthodontics. 3 rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby Inc.; 2013.p.165-70.

More than 6 authors:

Iverson C, Flanagin A, Fontanarosa PB, Glass RM, Glitmann P, Lantz JC, et al. American Medical Association manual of style: a guide for authors and editors. 9th ed. Baltimore: William and Wilkins; 2013.

Chapter in book:

Lambert PA. Bacterial resistance: resistance of bacterial spore to chemical agents. In: Fraise AP, Lambert PA, Mail- lard YL, editors. Russell, Hugo and Ayliffe’s principles and practice of disinfection, preservation, and sterilization. 4th ed. Oxford (UK): Blackwell Publishing Ltd.; 2013. p. 184-90.

Edited book:

Fraise AP, Lambert PA, Maillard YL, editors. Russell, Hugo and Ayliffe’s principles and practice of disinfection, preservation, and sterilization. 4th ed. Oxford (UK): Black- well Publishing Ltd.; 2014. p. 191-201.

Dictionary:

Stedman’s medical dictionary. 26th ed. Baltimore: William & Wilkin; 2013. Apraxia; p.11920.

Encyclopedia:

Hanrahan C. Valerian. In: Krapp K, Longe JL, editors. The Gale encyclopedia of alternative medicine. Michigan; Gale Group; 2014. vol 4. p. 1768-70.

Book in series:

Bennett GL, Horuk R. Iodination chemokines for use in receptor binding analysis. In: Horuk R, editor. Chemokine receptors. New York (NY): Academic Press; 2013. p. 134-48 (Method in enzymology; vol 288).

Authors must follow the appropriate reporting guidelines for their research, as listed by Equator.