8,000 ODAA members across the province receive The Journal, the official publication of the Ontario Dental Assistants Association.
Published three times a year, The Journal provides readers with educational articles on topics such as infection control and tooth-whitening techniques, plus quizzes, profiles on ODAA members, updates on meetings, the status of our regulation efforts, and other ODAA news.
A well-respected communication vehicle to the dental industry, it is a prime environment for dental advertisers. Advertising rates and subscription rates for non-members are available upon request.
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JOURNAL ARTICLE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MEMBERS ODAA members are encouraged to share their knowledge by submitting articles to The Journal. Please follow the guidelines below. Publication is at the discretion of the editor.
FORMAT: Typed email submissions are preferred in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or plain text file types. The contributor’s name, membership number, credentials, address and telephone number must be listed on the firstpage. Submission by email can be made to: lthistle@ody.ca. Submissions can also be sent on disc in the same formats to the business office. Make sure to include your name, address and phone number.
LENGTH: Articles should be 500 – 750 words in length, in addition to tables, references and legends. The Journal reserves the right to edit manuscripts to fit articles within available space and to ensure conciseness, clarity and stylistic consistency.
REFERENCES: References must be cited in the text and be in numerical order of appearance. References must give the author’s name, article title, abbreviated journal name, volume number, first and last page number of the article and the year of publication. Book references must give the author’s name, book title, location and name of publisher and year of publication.
ILLUSTRATIONS: Illustrations include all material that cannot be set in type, such as photographs, slides, line drawings, graphs and charts. They can be mailed to the ODAA office or sent via email to jmelville@ody.ca in .pdf format. Illustrations must be numbered and cited in the text. Photographs must be un-mounted and untrimmed and must be high quality. Radiographs must be mounted. Illustrations must have the author’s name, figure number, and the top, bottom, left and right sides clearly indicated. Figures, charts and graphs must be drawn professionally. Lettering must be large and clear. Retain negatives and duplicate radiographs. Unless requested, illustrations will not be returned to the author.
PERMISSION AND WAIVERS: Where a patient can be identified, photographs must be accompanied with the patient’s signed permission to publish the photograph(s).
CERTIFICATION RENEWAL CREDITS: All articles submitted will be eligible to receive 3 certification renewal credits upon approval by the editor. Do not assume that credits are awarded for submission until the above criteria are met and the editor awards the credits.
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