Description:
- A Clinical Report that describes the author’s methods for meeting a patient treatment challenge.
- Submitted abstracts will be evaluated and the top 10 (10 for students; 10 for dentists) will be qualified as finalists, and will be presented during the conference, 3 of which will be the winners: 1st Place, 2nd Place, and 3rd Place.
- The allotted time of presentation will be 10 minutes for Summary and 5 minutes for Q&A from the judges.
- Only submitting author will present and get a certificate.
- Non-confirmation of author to present on the specified time will void his/her nomination and will be replaced by the next ranking candidate.
- Submitting a POSTER format for all categories is mandatory. If you are not selected as a Finalist, your poster will be displayed on E-Poster Stations instead.
- Each E-Poster must be submitted as a single page PDF document with a size of 3840 pixels (Height) x 2160 pixels (Width) in Vertical/Portrait Orientation
Eligibility:
- Author may be a Dental student, Intern, Graduate student, General Dentist or Dental Specialist
- Dental students, interns, and dental auxiliaries can apply for Clinical case presentation award for students, while general dentists and dental specialists can apply to Clinical case presentation award for dentists.
Abstract Submission Rules:
- Author must be SDS Active Member by January 2025
- Abstracts must be submitted via the online abstract submission portal only.
- Abstracts must be submitted with the formatting as stipulated in these Guidelines or they will not be accepted: Abstract format for clinical case presentation (CCPA) must include: Title, Introduction, Case description, Discussion, Conclusion/Clinical significance.
- Abstract should be submitted with blinding of authors’ names and institutions.
- Abstracts will be reviewed as submitted by the abstract deadline. No changes to the abstract text, including correcting typographical errors, incorrect data, etc. will be permitted after this date
- Authors may submit up to 2 abstracts but present only 1 abstract (e.g. 1 abstract as presenting author and other abstract as co-author)
- If the submitter chooses an irrelevant specialty, the Committee will adjust the specialty accordingly. (e.g. Endodontics, Periodontics, etc.)
- If the submitter chooses an irrelevant category, the Committee may ask the author to resubmit the abstract to the accurate category.
- Submitting the same abstract by two different authors will cause excluding of both
- Submitting the same abstract to two different awards will cause excluding of both.
- Agreement form should be signed from other authors, otherwise will not be accepted.
- Abstracts of unfinished research will not be evaluated.
- Previously published abstracts (in print or any electronic format) or those presented at another meeting are not allowed.
- The submitting author must disclose any personal or co-author potential conflict of interest.
- A plagiarized abstract is disqualified.
- The Abstract content must meet the standard of an academic/scientific presentation.
- For abstracts selected as Finalists, PowerPoint presentation (PPT) should be submitted within 2 weeks from the date of the acceptance email. Delay in submission of the presentation may result in cancellation.
- For any accepted abstract, the poster format previously submitted in JPG/PNG/PDF format will be used for poster display for the duration of the event. Any updated poster should be submitted within 2 weeks from the date of the acceptance email.
Ethical Guidelines:
- Authorship – Submitted cases should be of the clinician’s original work, and properly documented. Student or Resident Authors should have submitted cases approved by the Training Center Director and Case Supervisor/s.
- Ethical Approvals (IRB)– Case Reports should be conducted in full accordance with ethical principles, evidence based guidelines, dental health code and abide with local laws and regulations