The JOURNAL OF MODERN DENTISTRY is published four times a year in March, June, September, and December by Meditechnology Ltd.
The JMD invites submission of research manuscripts, and reviews related to the clinical practice of dentistry. Manuscripts are considered for publication with the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere in any form or any language, are submitted solely to the JMD, and if accepted for publication in the JMD, they will not be published elsewhere in the same form or in any other language, without the consent of the Editor. Manuscripts are reviewed by at least three referees.
Statements and opinions expressed in the articles and communications herein are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the Editor, Managing Editor, Editorial Board members or publisher of the Journal of Modern Dentistry.
All correspondence from the Editorial Office will be made with the senior author unless otherwise specified in a letter by the authors

Papers should be written in proper British English, double spaced, with liberal margins, and only submitted by E-mail to the Editor, with the text and tables in Microsoft Word files and illustrations in JPEG image format.
Papers reporting results of original research should be divided into Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements (if any), and References.

The following statement, signed by all authors, should accompany all manuscripts and be submitted as a JPEG image format or PDF file: “All manuscript’s copyright ownership is transferred from the author(s) of the article (title of article), to the Journal of Modern Dentistry in the event the work is published. The manuscript has not been published in any form or any language and is only submitted to the Journal of Modern Dentistry”.

TITLE PAGE should include the title of the manuscript, author(s) full name(s) and degree(s), affiliation to institution or private practice, address to where reprints should be requested and telephone and fax numbers.

ABSTRACT PAGE should follow the title page and only contain: the title of the manuscript, the abstract and the clinical significance sections. On the abstract page, the name(s) of the author(s) should not appear. The abstract should have the following sections: Purpose, Methods, and Results.

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE, As a separate sentence after the abstract, a short statement should highlight the clinical significance of the manuscript

All references and only those cited in the text should appear in the list of references. They should be numbered consecutively as they appear in the text of the paper.
References must be typed double space on a separate sheet of paper.
When a paper cited has three or more authors, it should appear in the text thus: Gwinnett et al.1 Article references should
include the names and initials of all the authors, the full title of the paper, the abbreviated title of the journal, year of publication,
the volume number, and first and last page numbers, e.g.:

Journals:
1. Thornton JB, Retief DH, Bradley EA. Marginal leakage of two glass ionomer cements: Ketac-Fil and Ketac-Silver. Am J Dent 1988; 1: 35-38.

Abstracts:
2. Alpeggiani M, Gagliani M, Re D, et al. Operator influence using adhesive systems: One bottle vs. multi bottles. J Dent Res 1998; 77: 942 (Abstr 2487) or J Dent Res 2003;82 (Sp Iss A): 0275

Papers in the course of publication should only be entered in the references if they have been accepted for publication by a journal and then given in the standard manner in the text and in the list of references with the journal title, accompanied by «In press,» e.g.:
3. Crim GA, Abbott LJ. Effect of curing time on marginal sealing by four dentin bonding agents. Am J Dent, In press.

Book and monograph references should include author,title, city, publisher, year of publication, and page numbers,e.g.:
4. Malone WFP, Koth DL. Tylman’s theory and practice of fixed prosthodontics. St. Louis: Ishiyaku Euro-America, 1989; 110-123.
5. Ripa LW, Finn SB. The care of injuries to the anterior teeth of children. In: Finn SB. Clinical pedodontics. 4th ed, Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1973; 125.

Personal communications should only appear in parentheses in the text and not in the list of references.

Illustrations should be numbered, provided with suitable legends, and kept to the minimum essential for proper presentation of the results of findings.
Legends are required for all illustrations and should be typed as a group on a separate page. For photomicrographs, legends must specify original magnification and stain (if used.
TABLES should be logically organized and should supplement the information provided in the text. Each table should be typed on a separate page with the number, title and footnotes. Tables should be kept to the minimum essential for proper presentation of the results or findings.
Permissions from author and publisher must be obtained for the direct use of previously published material including text, photographs, drawings, etc. The original permission should be then included with the manuscript.