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INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

The Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia, Medicina Dentária e 3. Title
Cirugia Maxilofacial (Portuguese Journal of Stomatology, Dental The title of the manuscript should be short (maximum 15
Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery) is published quarterly, and words) and clearly define the subject in question. Should be pre-
considers for publication original research reports, clinical re- sented in Portuguese and in English.
ports, short communications and reviews of scientific interest to
clinicians and researchers directly or indirectly related with oral 4. Authors
health. Authors should be presented the same way and in the or-
All papers are peer -reviewed by members of the journal’s der they will be published (first name middle name, surname).
editorial board, determining their acceptance for publication. The email and affiliations of each author should be given.
Both authors and reviewers are anonymous during the evaluation Every type of correspondence between the journal and the
of the work submitted. authors will be made, exclusively, by e -mail. Unless other-
Papers considered for publication must contain original wise clearly expressed, all correspondence will be sent to the
material, not published, in full or in part (including tables first author.
and figures), and not submitted or accepted for publication
in other journals. Before sending the manuscripts, authors 5. Abstract
must obtain all permissions needed for publication of the Abstracts in English and Portuguese should be submitted
presented material. Note that, to comply with regulations with a limit of 250 words for research manuscripts and with a
governing authors’ rights, the reproduction of images, figures limit of 150 words for clinical cases, reviews or brief communica-
or graphs from other publications must have prior authori- tions. Abbreviations should not be used.
zation of the respective authors. These should be included in The abstracts of original research reports should contain the
the references. main objectives, materials and methods, results and main con-
The published articles will remain property of the Portuguese clusions. An appropriate heading must precede each section,
Journal of Stomatology, Dental Medicine and Maxillofacial Sur- namely: Objectives; Methods; Results; Conclusions.
gery, and cannot be reproduced, totally or partially, without per- The abstracts of clinical cases should summarize the prob-
mission of the editor -in -chief. The opinions expressed are of the lem and the treatment offered.
exclusive responsibility of the authors and may not express the The abstract of systematic reviews and brief communica -
opinion of editors and editorial board members. tions should present the objective, methods and a brief descrip -
tion of the main topic discussed.
Manuscript preparation
The text should be written in Portuguese or English. If written in 6. Keywords
English, a signed declaration, from a professional translator or Keywords (3 -10), to allow indexing of the article according to
one of the authors, assuming the responsibility for the quality of the terminology used in the Medical Index “Medical Subject Head-
the written English, must be submitted in attachment. ings (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh), should be submitted
in Portuguese and English.
Submissions
May only be made online at http://www.editorialmanager.com/ 7. Document with the manuscript
rpemd and should include the following elements:
7.1. Presentation:
1. Presentation letter This document should not have any reference to the au-
Signed by all the authors and addressed to the journal’s thor’s identity in order to avoid their identification during the
editor inchief, stating that the paper is not published or submit- reviewing process. All work, including the body of the article,
ted to be published in other journal, and that it will not be references, figure captions and tables with captions should be
submitted elsewhere until the final decision on this submis- formatted double -spaced, Arial font size 12 and left justified. All
sion is taken. The presentation letter should also state that all pages should be numbered, starting at number 1. Margins should
the authors have read and agree with the submitted version be 2.5 cm throughout the document. A page break must be in-
and that, in case of acceptance, transfer the copyright of the cluded between each section.
paper to the journal. The letter should also contain the man-
uscript title and refer the contribution of each author to the 7.2. Body of the article according to the type of work:
paper submitted. a) Research articles – The text should not exceed 2250 words
According to the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts excluding references, legends, and tables. Should be organized
Submitted to Biomedical Journals” the authorship implies a into introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and
substantial contribution to the manuscript. It is, subsequently, conclusions. Each section should be organized as follows:
necessary to specify the contribution of each author. Introduction – Explanation of the problem. Short summary
of the relevant literature. Identification of shortcomings and
e.g.: John Doe conceived this study and supervised all the aspect of trends in the available studies. Clear description of the paper´s
its implementation. Peter Doe collaborated in the experimental pro ‑ purpose at the end, stating the working hypothesis.
tocol and performed the statistic analysis of the data. Charles Doe Materials and methods – Short summary of the experimen-
collected the data and collaborated in the analysis of it. All the au‑ tal design. Complete description of the materials used (name,
thors contributed to the interpretation of the results and to the arti‑ manufacturer, lot number and expiration date). Detailed ex-
cle revision.
planation of what was assessed in the work and how it was
A justification must be presented every time the number of performed, describing the variables studied, the method for
authors exceeds six. recruiting the sample, sample size, control group used, exami-
ners’ calibration method and equipment used in the measure-
2. Cover page ments. The tests used in statistical analysis and statistical
This page should only contain the title, name and affiliation significance level set should be mentioned at the end of this
of each author by the order it should be published (ex: João P. section.
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António , Pedro Silva , Nuno Pereira – Faculdade de Medicina Results – Clear and concise description of the results, in the
Dentária de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; Faculdade de Medicina order in which the tests were described in the previous section.
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Dentária do Porto, Porto, Portugal). The identification of the cor- Between text, tables and graphs presented there should be no
responding author must be given stating name, address, phone repetition of data. Statistical significant results should be accom-
number and e-mail. panied by their probability value (p).