Submissions

Form and preparation of  manuscripts

The manuscript sent for publication must be original, and simultaneous submission to another national or international journal is not allowed. This is an Open Access Journal. Its articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original article is properly cited. Thus, the Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences does not require that copyright be submitted with the manuscript; however, the authors should retain the manuscript's copyright.

Only manuscripts written in English language shall be accepted, and the authors are fully responsible for the texts, citations, and references. The Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences has the right to submit all manuscripts to the Editorial Board, which is fully authorized to settle the convenience of their acceptance or return them to the authors with suggestions for modifications in the text for adaptation to the editorial rules the Journal. In this case, the manuscript will be re-evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board. The concepts stated in the manuscript published are the authors’ full responsibility and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board. The dates of receipt and acceptance of the original manuscript will be indicated on the occasion of its publication. Additionally, the editor dealing with the accepted manuscript will be shown.

Structure of the manuscript:  Title page – must be submitted as a Title Page file through the online submission system, which should contain only:

• Title of the manuscript in English.
• Names of the authors in direct order, affiliations, institutions, city, state, and country.
• Full address of the corresponding author, to whom all correspondence should be addressed, including phone number and e-mail address.
• The Scopus Author ID (ORCID number) of all authors should be provided. It can be obtained for free at: https://orcid.org/register. The full URL must be informed. Ex: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097
• The participation of each author must be justified and should meet the authorship and co-authorship criteria adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and- responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html
• It is imperative to declare that all authors actively participated, at least, in two distinct criteria about the authorship 1.  the manuscript's findings, and 2. have revised and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Main Text

1. The paper must be previously translated or reviewed by a professional or company responsible for the English language. Authors with English as their native language must submit a signed letter as a supplementary file taking responsibility for the quality of the English language and editing the text.
2. Title
3. Structured abstract (containing Aim, Methods, Results, and Conclusion) and keywords
4. Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion/Conclusion
5. References
6. Acknowledgments
7. Data availability
8. Tables
9. Figure legends
10. Figures, Images

The trade name of the material used must be followed by the manufacturer, city, state, and country within parentheses upon the first mention. All abbreviations must be explained at first mention.

Title Page

This page should contain:

• Informative and concise title: The title should be limited to 110 characters, including spaces. It should describe the article's content specifically, clearly, and concisely and MUST NOT contain commercial names of products.
• Author(s)' full name(s), institutional/professional affiliation, including university (or other institution), department, city, state, and country. Data of institutional/professional affiliation should be presented according to internal citation norms established by each author’s institution.
• Name and address of the author responsible for correspondence (corresponding author), including phone number, e-mail address, and ORCID number.

• The participation of each author must be justified and should meet the authorship and co-authorship criteria adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and- responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html
• It is imperative to declare that all authors actively participated in discussing the manuscript's findings and have revised and approved the final version of the manuscript.

We recommend that authors collect the names present in the Cover Letter with the profile created into the site registration to avoid discrepancies.

Abstract

• The abstract should be presented as a single structured paragraph of 250 words and should clearly state the aim, methods, results, and conclusions drawn from the study.

Keywords

• The authors should provide 3 (three) to 5 (five) main descriptors chosen from the keywords registered at MeSH (Medical Subject Headings (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh) or DeCS (Health Sciences Descriptors (http://decs.bvs.br).
• Authors must use periods to separate the keywords, which must have the word’s first letter in capital letters Ex: Dental Materials. Clinical Trial. Orthodontics, Preventive.

Introduction

The study’s relevance and its relationship with other published works in the same line of research or field should be addressed. Authors should identify its limitations and possible biases and the objective, and the working hypothesis should be concisely stated at the end of this section.

Materials and methods

• The characteristics of the material pertinent to the research subject should be presented.
• The experimental, analytical, and statistic methods should be described concisely but in sufficient detail to allow others to recreate the work.
• Information from manufacturers or suppliers of products, equipment, or software must be explicit when first mentioned in this section (manufacturer’s name, city, and country). The computer programs and statistical methods must also be specified.
• The trade names of techniques, products, or scientific and clinical equipment should only be cited in the “Materials and methods” and “Acknowledgments” sections (according to each case), except when the objective of the work is to compare products or specific systems. Generic names should be used in the remainder of the manuscript, including the title.
• Manuscripts containing radiographs, microradiographs, or SEM images must include information regarding radiation source, filters, and kV levels.

Results

The results should be presented in the same order as the experiment was performed. The important observations should be emphasized, and statistical data must be reported. Text, tables, and figures should not be repetitive. Statistically relevant results should be presented with enclosed corresponding p values.

Tables

Tables must be numbered and enclosed consecutively in the main text, in Arabic numerals, and submitted in DOC or DOCX format within the main text.

Discussion

The study results must be discussed and related to this section's working hypothesis and relevant literature. It should describe the author’s observations and confront the results (similarities and differences) to similar studies found in the literature, explaining the possible findings and differences. In addition, it must detect the limitations of the study design and make suggestions for future research.

Acknowledgments

Financial support by government agencies should be acknowledged, as well as technical assistance or aid from colleagues must be credited, and any bond between authors and companies must be revealed.

Data availability

Authors are encouraged to include a 'Data Availability' section in the manuscript before the Reference list. If authors have made the research data available in a data repository, it is possible to link the article directly to the dataset. If data is unavailable or unsuitable to post, it should be declared into the main text. Please find below examples of data availability statements:

Datasets related to this article can be found at [INSERT PERMANENT URL(s) TO BE LINKED TO DATASET], hosted at [NAME OF HOSTING REPOSITORY] ([CITATION TO DATASET]).

Datasets related to this article can not be shared because they are part of ongoing research.

Datasets related to this article will be available upon request to the corresponding author.

TECHNICAL NORMALIZATION

The manuscript should be typed as follows: 1.5 spacing in 12 pt Arial font, with 3 cm margins at each side, on an A4 page. The authors should keep a copy of the manuscript for possible requests. Pages should be numbered consecutively.

Illustrations and Tables

Figures

• The illustrations (photographs, graphs, drawings, charts, etc.), regarded as figures, should be limited to the least amount possible, consecutively numbered with Arabic numerals according to the order they appear in the text.
• Photographs, microradiographs, and radiographs should be sent in original colors in JPG or TIFF formats, at least 10 cm wide and at least 300 dpi of resolution. Should be (Figure) inserted in the main text.
• Figure legends should go along the figure and be inserted into the main text.

• Composite figures must be labeled with letters A, B, C, etc., and should be combined into one figure. Do not send multi-panel figures separately. Single figures may not exceed 8 cm in width, or groups of figures may not exceed 16 cm in width. Figures should be labeled with the title of the article.

Tables

• The tables should be logically arranged in DOC or DOCX formats, consecutively numbered with Arabic numerals. Tables should be open in the right and left laterals. Each table must contain all necessary information so that it should be self-explanatory. Tables should be inserted in the text. The journal allowed a maximum of 4 tables.

TYPES OF MANUSCRIPTS AND FORMATS

Original Research
Title Page
Main text (30.000 characters including spaces)
Structured Abstract - 250 words
Keywords - 3 to 5
Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Data availability
References – up to 35

Tables
Figure legends
Figures – 8 at most

Short Communication
Title Page
Main text (10.000 characters including spaces)
Structured Abstract - 250 words
Keywords - 3 to 5
Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Data availability
References – up to 15

Tables
Figure legends
Figures – 2 at most

Critical Review
Title Page
Main text (40.000 characters including spaces)
Structured Abstract - 250 words
Keywords - 3 to 5
Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References – up to 50

Tables
Figure legends
Figures – 6 at most

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Title Page
Main text (40.000 characters including spaces)
Structured Abstract - 250 words
Background, Objectives, Search Methods, Selection Criteria, Data Collection and Analysis, Main Results, Author´s conclusions
Acknowledgments
References: not specified

Tables
Figure legends
Figures

Letter to the Editor
Letters should include evidence to support the author's opinion on the scientific or editorial contents of BJOS and should be limited to 500 words. Figures or tables are not allowed. The editor in chief should be consulted via email to submit a letter in advance.

 Proceedings of Scientific Events (Abstracts)

We publish proceedings of scientific events under prior consultation. Such document is neither indexed nor published in the Scielo collection. Additionally, no DOI will be provided.

Citation of the Authors

References must be cited in numeric ascending order. Examples:

• Recently, it has been proposed that free radicals may lead to RAS through oxidative stress pathway¹.
• Aside from prevalence reports, very few studies have evaluated the response to therapy according to the individual genotype^2,3,6-12,14.
• one author: Nelson¹⁵(2014)
• two authors: Saad and Aladawy¹⁸(2013)
• three authors or more: Stokes et al.²¹(2015)

References

The list of references should only include works cited in the text and have been published or accepted for publication. The complete list of references should come after the "Acknowledgments" section. References should be numbered and presented in the Vancouver Style, by the guidelines provided by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, as presented in Uniform Requirements Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/). Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals). The correct presentation of the references is the responsibility of the authors. The number of references should be according to the manuscript type, as follows:

Original Research: up to 35
Short Communication: up to 15
Critical Review: up to 50
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: not specified

List the first six authors. With more than 6 authors list the first six authors followed by et al. (should not be written in italics).

References examples:

Document not in English

Viana MO, Lima EICBMF, Menezes JNR, Olegario NBC. [Evaluation of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction and its relation to cervical posture]. Rev Odontol Unesp. 2015 May-Jun;44(3):125-30. Portuguese.

Molina-Frechero N, Durán-Merino D, Castañeda-Castaneira E, Juárez-López ML. [Dental caries experience and its relation to oral hygiene in mexican children]. Gac Med Mex. 2015 Jul-Aug;151(4):485-90. Spanish.

Figueiredo LAA. [Biomechamical analysis of implant-supported fixed partial prosthesis in the maxilla anterior region by means of electrical extensometry technical] [dissertation]. Piracicaba: University of Campinas, the Piracicaba School of Dentistry; 2015. Portuguese.

Brazil. Ministry of Health of Brazil. [SB BRAZIL 2010: national research on oral health: main results]. Brasília: Ministry of Health; 2012. 116p. Portuguese.

Articles

Standard journal article

Lee Y, Kim KH, Kim YK, Son JS, Lee E, Kwon TY. The Effect of Novel Mercapto Silane Systems on Resin Bond Strength to Dental Noble Metal Alloys. J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2015 Jul;15(7):4851-4.

Volckova M, Linhartova PB, Trefna T, Vlazny J, Musilova K, Kukletova M, et al. Lack of association between lactotransferrin polymorphism and dental caries. Caries Res. 2014;48(1):39-44. doi: 10.1159/000351689.

Organization as author

International Association for Dental Research. Code of ethics for dental researchers. J Am Coll Dent. 2014 Summer;81(3):19-22.

No author given

Tobacco and dental caries: a systematic review. Br Dent J. 2013 Nov 8;215(9):463.

Article with supplement and/or special issue or Abstract

Sundaram M, Nayak UA, Ramalingam K, Reddy V, Rao AP, Mathian M. A comparative evaluation of Oratest with the microbiological method of assessing caries activity in children. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2013 Jun;5(Suppl 1): S5-9.

Peres PEC, Del Bel Cury AA, Cury JA. In situ evaluation of a dentifrice formulation with low fluoride concentration [IADR abstract 1170]. J Dent Res. 2001 Mar; 80(Spec Issue):673.

Article with DOI/pii

Murray JJ, Vernazza CR, Holmes RD. Forty years of national surveys: An overview of children's dental health from 1973-2013. Br Dent J. 2015 Sep 25;219(6):281-5. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.723.

Machado J, Johnson JD, Paranjpe A. The Effects of Endosequence Root Repair Material on Differentiation of Dental Pulp Cells. J Endod. 2015 Sep 22. pii: S0099-2399(15)00722-0. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2015.08.007.

Books

Lamster IB. Diabetes mellitus and oral health: an interprofessional approach. Ames, Iowa: Wiley Blackwell; 2014.

Book chapter

Tenuta LMA, Cury JA. Laboratory and human studies to estimate anticaries efficacy of fluoride toothpaste.ln: van Loveren C, editor. Toothpaste. Basel, Switzerland: Karger; 2013. (Monographs in oral science, 23). p.108-24.

Thesis/dissertation

Nunes J. The adhesion of stores red blood cells to human umbilical vein endothelial cells [dissertation]. Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta; 2013.

Catalan A. [Influence of the energy density on the physical properties and bond strength of two restorative systems] [thesis]. Piracicaba: University of Campinas, the Piracicaba School of Dentistry; 2012. Portuguese.

On-line: indicate only URL documents with open access

Assaf JH, Montebello Filho A, Zanatta FB. Short implants with single-unit restorations in posterior regions with reduced height – a retrospective study. Braz J Oral Sci. 2010; [cited 2015 Jun 17] 9(4): 493-7. Available from: http://www.bibliotecadigital.unicamp.br/document/?down=43919.

Ito H, Uchida T, Makita K. Interactions between rat alveolar epithelial cells and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: an in vitro co-culture model. Intensive Care Med Exp. 2015 Dec [cited 2015 Aug 2];3(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s40635-015-0053-2. Epub 2015 May 24. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480799/pdf/40635_2015_Article_53.pdf.

Musculoskeletal disorders and the workplace: low back and upper extremities. Washington: National Academy Press; 2001 [cited 2015 Aug 25]. Available from: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10032&page=1.

Brazil. Ministry of Health of Brazil. [SB BRAZIL 2010: national research on oral health: main results]. Brasília: Ministry of Health; 2012 [cited 2015 Aug 22]. 116p. Available from: http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/publicacoes/pesquisa_nacional_saude_bucal.pdf. Portuguese.

Unpublished: use "Forthcoming" rather than "In press" because not all items will be printed.)

Oldoni TL, Melo PS, Massarioli AP, Moreno IA, Bezerra RM, Rosalen PL, et al. Bioassay-guided isolation of proanthocyanidins with antioxidant activity from peanut (Arachis hypogaea) skin by a combination of chromatography techniques. Food Chem. Forthcoming 2016 Feb 1.

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