This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements pertaining to your submission to Future Dental Journal.

Formatting Requirements

Essential title page information

• Title: Capitalize only the first letter of the first word. Do not use any special formatting. Abbreviations or trade names should not be used.
• Authors: Directly under the title, type the names and academic degUnder the authors’ names, provide the title, department and institutional names, city/state and country (unless in the U.S.) of each author. If necessary, provide the English translation of the institution. If the author is in private practice, indicate where with city/state/country. Link names and affiliations with a superscript letter (a,b,c,d).
• Presentation/support information and titles: If research was presented before an organized group, indicate name of the organization and location and date of the meeting. If work was supported by a grant or any other kind of funding, supply the name of the supporting organization and the grant number.
• Corresponding author: List the mailing address, business telephone, and e-mail address of the author who will receive correspondence.
• Acknowledgments: Indicate special thanks to persons or organizations involved with the manuscript.

Manuscript Formatting

• Begin the document with the introduction
• Do not include page numbers, headers, or footers. These will be added by the editors.
• Write your article in English
• Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file (Word, RTF, or PDF files are accepted).
• Page size should be 8.5 x 11-inches.
• All margins (left, right, top and bottom) should be 1.5 inches (3.8 cm), including your tables and figures.
• Single spaced.
• No space between paragraphs
• Single column layout with both left and right margins justified.
• Font:
  1. Main Body—12 pt. Times or the closest comparable font available
  2. Headings are upper case bold, and subheads are upper/lower case bold. No italics are used.

Language & Grammar

All submissions must be in English. Except for common foreign words and phrases, the use of foreign words and phrases should be avoided.

Authors should use proper, standard English grammar. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White (now in its fourth edition) is the "standard" guide, but other excellent guides (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press) exist as well.

Length of Manuscripts

Manuscript length depends on manuscript type. In general, research and clinical science articles should not exceed 10 to 12 double-spaced, typed pages (excluding references, legends, and tables). Clinical Reports and Technique articles should not exceed 4 to 5 pages, and Tips articles should not exceed 1 to 2 pages. The length of systematic reviews may vary.

Foreign terms

Whenever possible, foreign terms should be set in italics rather than underlined.

Figures and Artwork

• All figures should be submitted as TIF files or JPEG files only.
• Figure dimensions must be 5.75 × 3.85 inches.
• Figures should be size-matched (the same physical size) unless the image type prohibits size matching to other figures within the manuscript, as in the case of panoramic or periapical radiographs, SEM images, or graphs and screen shots. Do not “label” the faces of the figures with letters or numbers to indicate the order in which the figures should appear; such labels will be inserted during the publication process. Do not add wide borders to increase size.
• The figures should be of professional quality and high resolution. The following are resolution requirements: Color and black-and-white photographs should be created and saved at 300 dots per inch (dpi).
• Line art or combination artwork (an illustration containing both line art and photograph) should be created and saved at a minimum of 600dpi.
• Clarity, contrast, and quality should be uniform among the parts of a multipart figure and among all of the figures within a manuscript.
• A uniform background of nontextured, medium blue should be provided for color figures when possible

Tables

• All tables should be submitted in Microsoft Word. If a table has been prepared in Excel, it should be imported into the manuscript. Do not supply tables as figures.
• Provide all tables at the end of the manuscript after the reference list and before the Figures. There should be only one table per page. Omit any shading or color.
• Do not list tables in parts (Table Ia, Ib, etc.). Each should have its own number. Number the tables in the order in which they are mentioned in the text (Table 1., Table 2, etc).
• Supply a concise legend that describes the content of the table. Create descriptive column and row headings. Within columns, align data such that decimal points may be traced in a straight line. Use decimal points (periods), not commas, to mark places past the integer (eg, 3.5 rather than 3,5).
• In a line beneath the table, define any abbreviations used in the table.
• If a table (or any data within it) was published previously (eg. Systematic reviews), give full credit to the original source in a footnote to the table. If necessary, obtain permission to reprint from the author/publisher.
• Avoid the use of overly small type in tables.

Mathematics

Please submit math equations as editable text and not as images. Present simple formulae in line with normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp.

References

References in Text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not permitted in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

References Formatting

References must be identified in the body of the article with superscript Arabic numerals. At the end of a sentence, the reference number falls after the period.

References should be manually numbered.

The complete reference list, double-spaced and in numerical order, should follow the Conclusions section but start on a separate page.

Only references cited in the text should appear in the reference list..

Reference formatting should conform to AMA style.Christiansen, S.; Iverson, C.; Flanagin, A.; et al. (2020). AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.). Oxford University Press.