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Author Guidelines

DENTIKA : DENTAL JOURNAL WRITING GUIDANCE  STARTING FROM YEAR 2012                                           

Dentika : Dental Journal is a biannually journal that publishes scientifically articles in the field of dentistry. Authors are invited to submit for publication articles reporting original article. Articles which have been presented in scientific meeting must be given with foot note regarding the meeting.

Articles must be written in British English. Use correct and precise English, in accordance with English grammar. Foreign terms are written in their original form in italics. Non-foreign medical terms should be avoided.

This journal publishes several types of original articles that will be reviewed by peers/reviewers.

The systematic writing of articles is as follows:

Research reports: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and suggestions, Acknowledgments, Conflict of interest, References.

Case reports: Introduction, Case, Case Management, Discussion , Conclusions and suggestions, Acknowledgments, Conflict of interest, References.

Literature review: Introduction, Sub-topics, Discussion , Conclusions and suggestions, References.

Title: The article begins with the article title, followed by the author's name, the author's orchid id, affiliation with the author's full address (institution), and the email address of the corresponding author/author who is fully responsible for communicating with the journal editor during the submission process, peer review, until the publication of the scientific article. Contact number that can be contacted.

Abstract: must be written in two languages, English and Indonesian, the abstract only fills one front page, should not exceed the introduction page, is unstructured but contains background, research objectives, materials and methods, results, and conclusions.

3-5 keywords are listed based on their level of importance and placed below the abstract. Keywords must refer to the Medical subject heading (MeSH) to adjust the standard.

Acknowledgments: must be written before the references. This section can be used to appreciate institutions or individuals who have made substantial contributions to the research or in the process of writing the manuscript. Mention grants or other financial support, by stating the name of the supporting organization and the grant number.

References: minimum 20, using Mendeley reference management application, novelty (maximum 5-10 years) high relevance to the research topic, as well as journal credibility (indexed by Sinta, Scopus or DoAJ). Priority is given to primary sources (direct research articles) with a minimum of 80% of references coming from journals.

All parts of the article, including abstracts, table and figure titles, and bibliographies, must be typed using MS Word and double-spaced on A4 paper, using Times-New Roman font size 12. Scientific names of bacteria, animals, and plants must be italicized, and the first letter must be capitalized, for example Bacillus enteriditis, Streptococcus mutans. It is recommended to use chemical terms written in lowercase for drug names. If it is a trade name, the first letter must be capitalized, for example amoxicillin, Amoxan.

The maximum number of pages is 10 pages.

Articles must be submitted to the Open Journal System Dentika Dental Journal by also including the results of the similarity check with a value of 20%.

Since August 2021, all articles are required to use Mendeley for referencing system. You can download here: https://www.mendeley.com/download-desktop-new/

JOURNAL

Personal author (one to 6 authors)

Whitaker EJ. Primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment of dental caries: a 20-year case report. J American Dent Assoc 2006; 137: 348-52.

More than 6 authors

Brian B, Greenwel H, Fiorellini J, Giannobile W, Offenbacher S, Salkin J, et al. Epidemiology of periodontal diseases. J Periodontol 2005; 76: 1406-19.

Supplement

Whelton HP, Ketley CE, McSweeney F, OMullane DM. A review of fluorosis in the European Union: Prevalence, risk factors and aesthetic issues. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2004; 32 (Suppl. 1): 9-18.

BOOK

McDonald RE, Avery DR. Dean JA. Dentistry for the child and adolescent. 8^th ed., St Louis: CV Mosby Co, 2000: 180-5.

Chapter in book                

Mitchell RN, Cotran RS. Acute and chronic inflammation. In: Kumar V, Cotran RS, Robbin Sl. eds. Basic pathology. 7^th ed., Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co, 2003: 33-7.

Edited book

Greenberg MS, Glick M. eds. Burket oral medicine: diagnosis and treatment. 10^th ed., USA: BC Decker, 2003: 544-8.

THESIS/DISSERTATION

Cairns BB. Infra-red spectroscopic studies of solid oxygen. Thesis. Berkeley, Califor-nia: University of California, 1995: 156.

Situmorang N. Dampak karies gigi dan penyakit periodontal terhadap kualitas hidup: Studi di dua kecamatan kota Medan. Disertasi. Jakarta: Program Pasca Sarjana FKM UI, 2004: 35.

TRANSLATION

Lemenhow S, Hosmer DW, Klar J. Besar sampel dalam penelitian kesehatan. Alih Bahasa. Pramono D. Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 1997: 12-5.

Bourdhem. Outline of therapy of practice. Trans. Nice R. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977: 58-61. 

ABSTRACT

Walter R. Duarte WR, Pereira PN, Swift EJ, Heymann HO, Arnold RR. Effect of resin adhesive systems on root caries formation in-vitro. Quintessence Int 2008; 39(1): 33-7. (abstract)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING

Zulkifli A, Rogayah J, Razlan M. Cigarette smoking among Malaysian youth: problems and prospects. In: Malaysian Dental Association, ed. Proceedings of the Malay-sian Society of Health 21^st Scientific Symposium. Kuala Lumpur, 1997. 

INTERNET

Pucher JJ, Otomo-Corgel J. Periodontal disease and systemic health-diabetes <http://www.cda.org/member/pubs/journal/jour0402/diabetes.html> (28 August 2003).

Articles that do not comply with the editor's requirements will be returned.