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2.1. Title references, figure captions, and tables with captions, should be
The title of the manuscript should be short (maximum 15 in Arial font, size 12, double-spaced, and left-justified. All pages
words) and clearly define the subject in question and study de- should be numbered, starting at number 1. Margins should be
sign. It should be presented in both Portuguese and English, and 2.5 cm throughout the document. A page break must be includ-
abbreviation terms should be avoid. ed between each section.
2.2. Authors 4.2. Body of the article according to the type of work:
The name (first name, middle name, surname), and affilia- a) Systematic review – The Portuguese Journal of Stomatol-
tion (University, Faculty, Research unit) of each author should ogy, Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery publishes mainly re-
be written in the same way and order to be published (ex: João view articles that have submitted as systematic reviews, with
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P. António , Pedro Silva , Nuno Pereira – Universidade de Lis- or without a meta-analysis. Authors are advised to comply with
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boa, Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Lisbon, Portugal; Univer- the PRISMA guidelines or the appropriate extension since it will
sidade do Porto, Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Porto, Portu- optimize the quality of reporting and allows for an efficient peer
gal). The email and address (zip code, city, country) of each review process. In this type of articles, the literature research
author should be given. The ORCID number of all authors methodology, critical appraisal with a complete and accurate
should be provided. record of obtained literature, organized by topics, should be pre-
According to the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts sented. The text should be divided into sections with headings
Submitted to Biomedical Journals,” the authorship implies a and subheadings that help a simpler comprehension of the ar-
substantial contribution to the manuscript. Thus, each au- ticle, as follows:
thor’s contribution to the paper submitted should be indicat- Introduction – Should include the rationale for the review in
ed in the cover page, using the CRediT – Contributor Roles the context of existing knowledge and an explicit statement of
Taxonomy: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; the objective(s) or question(s) the review addresses.
Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project ad- Methods – Should include the eligibility criteria, information
ministration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; sources, search and selection strategy, data items and collection
Visualization; Writing – original draft; Writing – review & edit- process, effect measures, synthesis methods, critical appraisal
ing. Authorship statements should be formatted with the with bias assessment, and methods used to assess certainty for
names of authors first in bold and CRediT role(s) following. an outcome.
Results – Should include a clear and concise description of
e.g.: John Doe: Validation, Formal analysis, Data curation, Writing – the results, in the order in which the outcomes were described
original draft, Visualization, Funding acquisition. Pedro Silva: Meth- in the previous section. Data should not be repeated between
odology, Validation, Data curation, Writing – review & editing. Peter the text, tables and graphs presented. Statistically significant
Doe: Methodology, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing. results should be accompanied by their probability value (p).
Samuel Choi: Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Resources, Discussion – Should include a discussion of the results, relat-
Supervision, Project administration, Writing – review & editing. ing them to the context of other evidence. The limitations of the
evidence included and of the review process should be identi-
The corresponding author’s name, address, phone number, fied. Implications of the results for practice, policy and future
and email address must also be included. Every correspon- research should be addressed.
dence between the Journal and the authors will be made, Conclusions – Should include a concise list of the main con-
exclusively, through the platform or by email.” clusions to be drawn from the systematic review. The conclu-
sions should be consistent with the objectives and supported
3. Abstract and Keywords by the results.
Abstracts should be submitted in both English and Portu-
guese, each with a maximum limit of 250 words. Abbreviations b) Original research – It should be organized into Introduc-
should not be used. tion, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclu-
The abstracts of original research reports and systematic sions, according to the following:
reviews should contain the main objectives, materials and Introduction – Should include an explanation of the problem,
methods, results, and main conclusions. An appropriate heading a short summary of the relevant literature, and the identifica-
must precede each section of the structured abstract, namely: tion of shortcomings and trends in the available studies. The
Objectives; Methods; Results; Conclusions. Introduction should end with a clear description of the paper´s
The abstracts of clinical case reports should be unstructured purpose, stating the working hypothesis.
and summarize the problem and the treatment offered. Material and Methods – Should include a short summary
The abstracts of clinical innovation reports should be un- of the experimental design, a complete description of the
structured and present the objective, methods, and a brief de- materials used (name, manufacturer, lot number, and expi-
scription of the main topic discussed. ration date), and a detailed explanation of what was assessed
Keywords (3-10) should be specifically related with the man- and how, describing the variables studied, the method for
uscript and submitted in both Portuguese and English to allow recruiting the sample, the sample size, the control group used,
indexing of the paper according to the terminology used in the the examiners’ calibration method, and the equipment used
Medical Index “Medical Subject Headings”. in the measurements. The tests used in statistical analysis
and statistical significance level set should be mentioned at
4. Manuscript the end of this section.
Results – Should include a clear and concise description of
4.1. Presentation: the results, in the order in which the tests were described in the
This document should not have any reference to the au- previous section. Data should not be repeated between the text,
thor’s identity in order to avoid their identification during the tables, and graphs presented. Statistically significant results
reviewing process. All text, including the body of the article, should be accompanied by their probability value (p).