Description:
- Only submitting author will present and get a certificate.
- Electronic poster or E-Poster is similar to a traditional paper poster but displayed on a large LCD television screen. This is not a paper/printed poster. It will be viewed at the E-Poster Stations throughout the Conference.
- Each E-Poster must be submitted as a single page PDF document with a size of 1080 by 1536 pixels OR 381 by 542 mm in portrait orientation.
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: The abstract format must include: Title, Objectives, Methods, Results (data and statistical analysis [where appropriate] and Conclusions. 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.
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