All manuscripts submitted to Contemporary Pediatric Dentistry should follow the structure of Main Text as follows:

Title

Please provide a brief, concise and informative title.Titles is often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid any abbreviations and formulae where possible.

Running title

Please provide a brief running title not exceeding 80 characters.

Abstract

Word limit for abstracts of submitted articles is 300. Abstract should be presented under the structured subheadings. These subheadings should appear in the text of the abstract. Please repeat the title of the article at the top of the abstract page. The structured abstract format is as follow:

     Original research articles: Aim; Methods; Results; Conclusions.

     Reviews and Case Reports:  Provide a short, non-structured, 1-paragraph abstract that briefly summarizes the study.

Keywords

3 to 6 keywords are acceptable and keywords must be according to Medical Subject Headings MESH.  Please separate keywords with semi colon and initial letters of each keyword must be capital (e.g. Dental Anxiety; Performance Anxiety).

Highlights of study

Please include a 3-item ‘Highlights of study‘ statement which should appear at the end of the abstract and advising readers of the “rationale and clinical importance”, “main conclusion”, and “implication of the study”. “Highlights of study” should include 3 bullet points (maximum 200 characters, including spaces, per bullet point).

Introduction

The Introduction must be presented in a structured format, covering the following subjects, although not under subheadings: definition and background of problem, brief literature review, rationale of the study, and hypotheses and aims. Contemporary Pediatric Dentistry encourages the authors to write the final paragraph of the introduction as clearly stating the aims and/hypotheses (e.g. null or a priori) of the study.

Methods

Methods should contain sufficient detail such that, in combination with the references cited, all studies reported can be fully reproduced. As a condition of publication, authors are required to make materials and methods used freely available to other academic researchers for their own use. Final paragraph of Methods should be “Statistical Analysis”. Statistical methods should be described with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader with access to the original data to verify the reported results. When possible, findings should be quantified and appropriate measures of error or uncertainty (such as confidence intervals) given. Details about eligibility criteria for subjects, randomization and the number of observations should be included. The computer software and the statistical method(s) used should be specified with references to standard works when possible (with pages specified). See http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/manuscript-preparation/ for more detailed guidelines.

Results

Authors should not repeat Table data in that Results text; instead, draw the reader’s attention to the highlights/important parts of the Table.

Discussion

Authors should give a brief conclusion and a comment on the potential clinical program or policy relevance of the findings. Statements and interpretation of the data should be appropriately supported by original references. You should not duplicate to present findings already given in Results or Tables.

Conclusions

Briefly describe the results of the experiments, the interpretation of these results, and the conclusions that can be drawn.

References

• • Contemporary Pediatric Dentistry uses the reference style outlined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Example formats are listed below. For more details, please check the ICMJE sample references and  some examples shown in below.

• • Contemporary Pediatric Dentistry encourages reference to the original research articles rather than to books. Authors should therefore keep citations of book to the absolute minimum. Contemporary Pediatric Dentistry encourages citing papers indexed in well-known and respeceted international databases (e.g Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus).

• • It is highly recommended to use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting. The EndNote reference style can be obtained upon request to the Editorial Office (info@contemppediatrdent.org).

• • The list of references should begin on a fresh page in the manuscript. All references should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance and should be as complete as possible.

Citation in text

• • Citations should cite references in consecutive order using Arabic superscript numerals after punctuation marks. Please add reference number just after terms like “et al.” or “previous studies” rather than end of statement. Sample references follow:

• • “Dental anxiety has multifactorial etiology.^{1, 2} It has high prevalence worldwide.^2,4-7”

• • “Buldur et al.¹⁹ stated that……” “Previous studies^{3, 9-15} reported that……….”

Reference List

All references should be brought together at the end of the paper in numerical order and should be in the following form. Sample references follow:

Published Article in Issue

                Format

Author(s). Article title. Journal Name (abbreviated) Year; Volume:Page range

                Example

1.Buldur B, Kapdan A. Comparison of the Antimicrobial Efficacy of the EndoVac System and Conventional Needle Irrigation in Primary Molar Root Canals. J Clin Pediatr Dent 2017;41:284-288

Published online first with DOI

                Format

Author(s). Article title. Journal Name (abbreviated) Year Month Day. Doi

                Example

2. Buldur B. Pathways between parental and individual determinants of dental caries and dental visit behaviours among children: Validation of a new conceptual model. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2020 April 02. Doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12530

Book

                Format

Author(s). Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year

                Example

3. Johnson C, Anderson S, Dallimore J, Winser S, Warrell D, Imray C, Moore J. Oxford handbook of expedition and wilderness medicine. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2015

Book Chapter

                Format:

Author(s). Title of chapter. In: Editor(s), editors. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher; Year. p. Page range

                Example

4. Darden L. Mechanisms and models. In: Hull DL, Ruse M, editors. The Cambridge companion to the philosophy of biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2008. p.139–159

Website

                Format

Author(s). Title [Internet] Year [cited Date]. Available from: URL

      Example

5. Cancer Research UK. Current research into breast cancer [Internet] 2020 [cited 2020 Feb 14]. Available from: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/our-research/our-research-by-cancer-type/our-research-into-breast-cancer/current-breast-cancer-research

Figures and Tables

Tables

• • Include Tables into the Main Text. DO NOT submit your tables in separate files. The authors should cite tables in ascending numeric order at first appearance in the manuscript file.

• • Please cite the table(s) in the text of the manuscript (e.g. “Table 1” “Table 2 and 3.”)

• • Table captions must be inserted before the related Table in the end of the manuscript. ( e.g. Table 1. Distribution of extracted teeth according to sex.)

• • DO NOT use vertical lines in Table if not so necessary. Avoid using too much lines and spaces instead of tabs.

• • Tables should NOT contain any color or specific format if not necessary.

Figures

• • All graphs, drawings, and photographs are considered Figures and they should be saved as JPEG, JPG, PNG or TIFF ( at least 300 dpi).

• • Include Figures into the Main Text. DO NOT submit your Figures in separate files. Contemporary Pediatric Dentistry reserves right to contact to you get original Figure file if necessary.

• • The authors should cite figures in ascending numeric order at first appearance in the manuscript file.

• • Please cite the Figure(s)  in the text of the manuscript (e.g. “Figure 1” “Figure 2 and 3”).

• • Figure captions must be inserted following the related Figure in the end of the manuscript. ( e.g. Figure 1. Distribution of extracted teeth according to age.)

• • Figures should be planned to fit the proportions of the printed page (width 17 cm) or one column (width 8 cm) and be legible at this size.

• • Color and black-and-white photographs should be created and saved at a minimum of 300 dpi.

• • If all or parts of previously published illustrations are used, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder concerned. It is the corresponding author’s responsibility to obtain these in writing and provide copies to the journal.

• • Special issues: Larger papers, monographs, and conference proceedings may be published as special issues of the journal. Further information can be obtained from the Editorial Office.