Dental Materials Journal
Instructions to Authors
Aims and Scope
Manuscript Types
Journal & Ethics Policies
Peer Review Process
Copyright, Open Access and Fees
Manuscript Submission
Manuscript Preparation
Accepted Manuscripts
Contact

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Aims and Scope
Dental Materials Journal is an open access, peer-reviewed journal published by the JapaneseSociety for Dental Materials and Devices. The journal publishes original research and review
articles on basic and applied sciences in dental materials and biomaterials. Biological researchthat leads to materials and equipment development, and dental materials-related clinicalscience and instrumental technologies, also fall within the scope. All relevant materials are
considered and include synthetic polymers, ceramics, metals and tissue-derived biomaterials.
Articles that describe work at the forefront of dental materials and biomaterials research, inareas such as tissue engineering, bioengineering and artificial intelligence, are welcomed.
The journal is published continuously online as articles are available and collated into six
issues per year. Articles are published online at the journal’s J-STAGE website to a large andbroad global audience of dental researchers, clinicians, practitioners and others interested in
the field.

Manuscript Types
The journal welcomes two manuscript types, both of which are subject to peer review.
Original papers
Full length papers consisting of complete and detailed descriptions of a research problem, theexperimental approach, the findings and appropriate discussion.
Review papers
Articles presenting novel or unique overviews of recent or important developments in thefield. Reviews must be insightful and must address the question(s) of interest using
appropriate and fully presented evidence; exhaustive general summaries will not be published.
Authors should provide a draft title and outline to the editorial board by e-mail (per the details
in the Contact section) before preparing and submitting a Review paper.
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Journal & Ethics Policies
The journal upholds the highest standards in scholarly publishing. Before submitting amanuscript to the journal, authors must ensure that they have read and complied with thejournal’s policies. The journal reserves the right to reject without review, or retract, any
manuscript that the Editor believes may not comply with these policies.
The responsibilities of the journal’s authors, editors, reviewers and publisher regarding
research and publication ethics are described below.
Submission to the journal implies that the manuscript has not been previously published (inpart or in whole, in any language), is not in press, and is not under consideration for
publication elsewhere.
Authors must inform the editors if any related manuscripts are under consideration, in press or
published elsewhere. The availability of a manuscript on a publicly accessible preprint server
does not constitute prior publication (see ‘Preprints’).
If authors choose to submit their manuscript elsewhere before a final decision has been madeon its suitability for publication in the journal, they must first withdraw it from the journal.
Submission
The journal welcomes manuscript submissions from authors based anywhere in the world.
Submission of a manuscript to the journal implies that all authors: have approved it, warrant it
is factual, have agreed to its submission, and have the right to publish it.
Originality
Submission to the journal implies that the manuscript is original work. The journal may use
Crossref’s Similarity Check plagiarism software to screen manuscripts for unoriginal content.
By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors agree to this screening. Any manuscriptwith an unacceptable level of unoriginal material may be rejected or retracted at the Editors’
discretion.
Preprints
Authors may post their research manuscripts on community-recognized preprint servers (suchas the Japan Science and Technology Agency-operated preprint server, Jxiv), either before or
simultaneously with submission to Dental Materials Journal. This policy applies only to theoriginal version of a manuscript that describes primary research. Any version of a manuscriptthat has been revised in response to reviewers' comments, accepted for publication, or
published in a journal should not be posted on a preprint server. If a manuscript is acceptedfor publication in Dental Materials Journal, authors should update the preprint to include alink to the published journal article.
Authors should retain copyright in their work when posting to a preprint server.
Scooping
When assessing the novelty of a manuscript submitted to the journal, the editors will not be
influenced by other manuscripts that are posted on community-recognized preprint servers

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after the date of submission to the journal (or after the date of posting on a preprint server if
the manuscript is submitted to the journal within 4 months).
Authorship
Submission to the journal implies that all authors have seen and approved the author list.
Changes to the author list after manuscript submission – such as the insertion or removal of
author names, or a rearrangement of author order – must be approved by all authors and theeditor.
Authors must follow the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
Recommendations on ‘Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors’. The ICMJE
recommends that authorship is based on four criteria: making a substantial contribution to theconception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data for thework; drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
approving the final version of the manuscript for publication; and agreeing to be held
accountable for all aspects of the work. Any contributor who has met all four criteria should
be listed as an author on the manuscript. Contributors who do not meet all four criteria should
not be authors of the manuscript but may be included in the Acknowledgements section
instead.
Given that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as Large Language Models (LLMs) andvarious openly available services cannot meet the requirements above, they cannot be listed as
an author of a manuscript.
Data falsification, data fabrication and image integrity
Authors must not falsify or fabricate data. Authors may digitally manipulate or process
images, but only if the adjustments are kept to a minimum, are applied to the entire image,meet community standards, and are clearly described in the manuscript. All images in amanuscript must accurately reflect the original data on which they are based. Authors must
not move, remove, add or enhance individual parts of an image. The editors reserve the rightto request original, unprocessed images from the authors. Failure to provide requested images
may result in a manuscript being rejected or retracted.
Reproducing copyrighted material
If a manuscript includes material that is not the authors’ own copyright, the authors mustobtain permission from the copyright holder(s) to reproduce it.
If a manuscript includes previously published material, the authors must obtain permission
from the copyright owners and the publisher of the original work to reproduce it. The authors
must cite the original work in their manuscript.
Copies of all reproduction permissions must be included with the manuscript when it is firstsubmitted.
Availability of data and materials
Authors must disclose the source of publicly available data and materials, such as public
repositories or commercial manufacturers, by including accession numbers or company
details in their manuscript, as appropriate.

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Authors may make their own data and materials available by depositing the data in J-STAGE
Data (see below), or other relevant community-recognized public databases or digital
repositories, and linking this to the manuscript. All data sets must be made available in full tothe editors and reviewers during the peer review process, and consideration given to being
made publicly available by the date of publication. Authors commit to preserving their data
sets for at least ten years from the date of publication in the journal.
The journal encourages authors to grant reasonable requests from colleagues to share any
data, materials and experimental protocols described in their manuscript.
J-STAGE Data
DMJ recommends that the data underlying the manuscript be made available on J-STAGE
Data, a data repository operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. Authors who
opt to make data available on J-STAGE Data should contact the Editorial Office for further
instructions. If authors wish to publish data from J-STAGE Data, they must submit the dataand its metadata to the editorial board for peer review. The copyright of the data published by
J-STAGE Data is assigned to the JSDMD. Data is made available under the Creative
Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International license.
Animal/human experimentation
Authors of manuscripts describing experiments involving humans or materials derived fromhumans must demonstrate that the work was carried out in accordance with the principles
embodied in the Declaration of Helsinki, its revisions, and any guidelines approved by theauthors’ institutions. Where relevant, the authors must include a statement in their manuscriptthat describes the procedures for obtaining informed consent from participants regarding
participation in the research and publication of the research.
Authors of manuscripts describing experiments involving animals or materials derived fromanimals must demonstrate that the work was carried out in accordance with the guidelines
approved by the authors’ institution(s).
Clinical trial registration
The journal adheres to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
policy on Clinical Trials Registration, which recommends that all clinical trials are registeredin a public trials registry at or before the time of first patient enrollment as a condition of
consideration for publication. Manuscripts describing clinical trials must include theregistration number of the trial and the name of the trial registry.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
As per COPE guidance, authors must disclose and fully describe any use of generative or
non-generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools (also known as Large Language Models or
LLMs) in the Materials and Methods section. This includes, but is not limited to, using AI
tools to collect or analyze data, produce or amend images or graphics used in the manuscript,
or write all or part of the manuscript. Authors must describe which tools they used and how
the tools were used. In general, the use of generative AI tools is allowed only where that use
is an integral part of the research design or methods. Other use will be reviewed on a case-bycase basis. In all cases, authors remain responsible for all the content of their submitted
manuscript.

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Authors should be aware that there are ongoing concerns about the copyright status of any AIgenerated content. Authors must adhere to the instructions in the ‘Reproducing copyrighted
material’ section of this document and comply with relevant statutory and other copyrightlaws.
It is acceptable to use non-generative AI tools to improve the readability of a manuscript, suchas checking spelling and grammar.
Reviewers and Editors must not upload unpublished manuscripts to any AI tool or service.
Doing so would breach privacy and confidentiality provisions, as described elsewhere in thisdocument. There are also potential copyright issues if unpublished material is uploaded to athird-party service.
Author competing interests and conflicts of interest
In the interests of transparency, the journal requires all authors to declare any competing or
conflicts of interest in relation to their submitted manuscript. A conflict of interest exists
when there are actual, perceived or potential circumstances that could influence an author’s
ability to conduct or report research impartially. Potential conflicts include (but are notlimited to) competing commercial or financial interests, commercial affiliations, consulting
roles, or ownership of stock or equity.
Authors should list all funding sources for their work in the Acknowledgements section of
their manuscript.
Confidentiality
The journal maintains the confidentiality of all unpublished manuscripts. By submitting theirmanuscript to the journal, the authors warrant that they will keep all correspondence about
their manuscript (from the Editorial Office, editors and reviewers) strictly confidential.
Self-archiving (Green Open Access) policy
Self-archiving, also known as Green Open Access, enables authors to deposit a copy of theirmanuscript in an online repository. The journal encourages authors of original researchmanuscripts to upload their article to an institutional or public repository immediately after
publication in the journal.
Long-term digital archiving
J-STAGE preserves its full digital library, including the journal, with Portico in a dark archive(see https://www.portico.org/publishers/jstage/). In the event that the material becomes
unavailable at J-STAGE, it will be released and made available by Portico.
Advertising Policy
The journal does not accept or publish advertising on its article pages or website.

Peer Review Process
Editorial and peer review process
The journal uses single-anonymized peer review. When a manuscript is submitted to thejournal, it is assigned to the an Associate Editor, who performs initial screening. Manuscripts
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DMJ Instructions to Authorsthat do not fit the journal’s scope or are not deemed suitable for publication are rejectedwithout review. The remaining manuscripts are assigned, in principle, to two reviewers toassess each manuscript, however more may be sought if required.
Upon receipt of the reviewers’ reports, the Associate Editor makes the first decision on the
manuscript. If the decision is to request revision of the manuscript, authors have 3 months toresubmit their revised manuscript. Revised manuscripts submitted after this deadline may betreated as new submissions. The Associate Editor may send revised manuscripts to peer
reviewers for their feedback or may use his or her own judgement to assess how closely theauthors have followed the Editor’s and the reviewers’ comments on the original manuscript.
The Associate Editor then makes a recommendation to the Editorial Board on the
manuscript’s suitability for publication. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for making thefinal decision on each manuscript.
The members of the Editorial Board also act in advisory roles, providing feedback asreviewers and making suggestions to improve the journal. In cases where an Editor is anauthor on a manuscript submitted to the journal, they are recused from the peer review andfinal decision making process. The Editor-in-Chief acts as an arbitrator when necessary.
Reviewer selection, timing and suggestions
Reviewers are selected based on their expertise in the field, reputation, recommendation byothers, and/or previous experience as peer reviewers for the journal. Reviewers are asked tosubmit their first review within 3 weeks of accepting the invitation to review. Reviewers who
anticipate any delays should inform the Editorial Office as soon as possible.
When submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors may suggest reviewers that they would
like included in or excluded from the peer review process. The Editor may consider thesesuggestions but is under no obligation to follow them. The selection, invitation andassignment of peer reviewers is at the Editor’s sole discretion.
Reviewer reports
It is the journal’s policy to transmit reviewers’ comments to the authors in their original form.
However, the journal reserves the right to edit reviewers’ comments, without consulting thereviewers, if they contain offensive language, confidential information or recommendations
for publication.
Acceptance criteria
If a manuscript satisfies the journal’s requirements and represents a significant contribution to
the published literature, the Editor may recommend acceptance for publication in the journal.
Articles in the journal must be:•within the subject area of the journal’s scope•
novel and original•descriptions of technically rigorous research•of high interest to the journal’s audience•
important additions to the field.

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If a manuscript does not meet the journal’s requirements for acceptance or revision, the Editor
may recommend rejection.
Editorial independence
The Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices (JSDMD) has granted the journal’s
Editorial Board complete and sole responsibility for all editorial decisions. The JSDMD will
not become involved in editorial decisions, except in cases of a fundamental breakdown ofprocess.
Editorial decisions are based only on a manuscript’s scientific merit and are kept completely
separate from the journal’s other interests. The authors’ ability to pay any publication charges
has no bearing on whether a manuscript is accepted for publication in the journal.
Appeals
Authors who believe that an editorial decision has been made in error may lodge an appeal
with the Editorial Office. Appeals are only considered if the authors provide detailed evidenceof a misunderstanding or mistake by a reviewer or editor. Appeals are considered carefully by
the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final. The guidelines of the Committee on Publication
Ethics (COPE) are followed where and when relevant.
Confidentiality in peer review
The journal maintains the confidentiality of all unpublished manuscripts. Editors andreviewers will not:1. disclose a reviewer’s identity unless the reviewer makes a reasonable request for suchdisclosure
2. discuss the manuscript or its contents with anyone not directly involved with themanuscript or its peer review
3. use any data or information from the manuscript in their own work or publications
4. use information obtained from the peer review process to provide an advantage tothemselves or anyone else, or to disadvantage any individual or organization
5. Share or upload the content of the manuscript with any AI tool or public platform.
In addition, reviewers will not reveal their identity to any of the authors of the manuscript or
involve anyone else in the review (for example, a post-doc or PhD student) without firstreceiving permission from the Editor.
Editor and reviewer conflicts of interest in peer review
A conflict of interest exists when there are actual, perceived or potential circumstances that
could influence an editor or reviewer’s ability to act impartially when assessing a manuscript.
Such circumstances might include having a personal or professional relationship with anauthor, working on the same topic or in direct competition with an author, having a financial
stake in the work or its publication, or having seen previous versions of the manuscript.
Reviewers and members of the journal’s Editorial Board undertake to declare any conflicts ofinterest when handling manuscripts. An editor or reviewer who declares a conflict of interest
is unassigned from the manuscript in question and is replaced by a new editor or reviewer.
Editors try to avoid conflicts of interest when inviting reviewers, but it is not always possible
to identify potential bias.
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Errata and retractions
The journal recognizes the importance of maintaining the integrity of published literature.
A published article that contains an error may be corrected through the publication of an
Erratum. Errata describe errors that significantly affect the scientific integrity of a publication,
the reputation of the authors, or the journal itself. Authors who wish to correct a publishedarticle should contact the editor who handled their manuscript or the Editorial Office with fulldetails of the error(s) and their requested changes. In cases where co-authors disagree over acorrection, the Editor-in-Chief may consult the Editorial Board or external peer reviewers foradvice. If a Correction is published, any dissenting authors will be noted in the text.
A published article that contains invalid or unreliable results or conclusions, has been
published elsewhere, or has infringed codes of conduct (covering research or publication
ethics) may be retracted. Individuals who believe that a published article should be retracted
are encouraged to contact the journal’s Editorial Office with full details of their concerns. The
Editor-in-Chief will investigate further and contact the authors of the published article for
their response. In cases where co-authors disagree over a retraction, the Editor-in-Chief may
consult the Editorial Board or external peer reviewers for advice. If a Retraction is published,
any dissenting authors will be noted in the text.
The decision to publish Errata or Retractions is made at the sole discretion of the Editor-inChief.
Editors as authors in the journal
Any member of the journal’s Editorial Board, including the Editor-in-Chief, who is an author
on a submitted manuscript is excluded from the peer review process. Within the journal’s
online manuscript submission and tracking system, they will be able to see their manuscript as
an author but not as an editor, thereby maintaining the confidentiality of peer review.
A manuscript authored by an editor of the journal is subject to the same high standards of peer
review and editorial decision making as any manuscript considered by the journal.
Responding to potential ethical breaches
The journal will respond to allegations of ethical breaches by following its own policies and,
where possible, the guidelines of COPE.

Copyright, Open Access and Fees
The journal uses open Creative Commons licensing from 1st April 2024. Articles publishedfrom this date can be used or reused without prior permission in ways defined by the Creative
Commons license detailed below.
Copyright and licensing
From 1st April 2024, authors are required to assign all copyrights in the work to the JSDMD,
who then publish the article under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CCBY 4.0) license. This license allows users to share and adapt an article, even commercially, as
long as appropriate credit is given.

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The copyright in articles published before 1st April 2024 belongs to the JSDMD. Reuse ofarticles published before 1st April 2024 requires permission from the JSDMD, as outlined in
the journal’s copyright policy.
Article Processing Charge
There are many costs associated with publishing scholarly journals, such as those ofmanaging peer review, copy editing, typesetting and online hosting. To cover these costs inthe absence of journal subscriptions, authors (or their representatives) are asked to pay article
processing charges (APCs). There is no submission fee.
The journal charges an APC of 40,000 Japanese yen for manuscripts of four journal pages or
less, including tables and figures. Manuscripts that exceed four journal pages are charged an
additional 9,000 Japanese yen per page. Authors of accepted manuscripts will be invoiced for
the APC before publication of their manuscript. Articles appear online after payment isreceived.

Manuscript Submission
All manuscripts must be submitted via the journal’s online submission system, Scholar One:https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dmj. Follow the instructions and supply the required
information. The following formats are allowable:•••

Text: doc, docx
Tables: doc, docx or xls, xlsx
Figures: pdf, jpg, bmp, tif, ppt, pptx, eps

All files can total a maximum of 20MB. For Figure and Table specifications, please see therelevant sections below.
If you encounter any problems with online submission, please contact the Editorial Officeusing the details available in the Contact section.

Manuscript Preparation
Style
Manuscripts must set page size to A4 (297 mm×210 mm) using a word processor. Top,bottom and side margins should be 25 mm. Number all pages consecutively at the middle ofthe bottom margin. All text and file names should be free from non-English fonts; Times orTimes New Roman fonts are adequate. The resolution of illustrations, photos and figures mustbe 300 dpi or higher.
Variables and abbreviations of Latin scripts should be written in italics (p<0.05, et al., i.e.).
English standards
Manuscripts should be written in clear, grammatically correct English. Authors whose
primary language is not English are strongly encouraged to have their manuscript checked by
a competent English speaker or by an editing service prior to submission. If a manuscript is
not clear due to poor English, it may be rejected without undergoing peer review.

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Cover LetterA cover letter must be included which includes the name of the manuscript and the contact
details of the corresponding author. Authors should summarize the aims and outcomes of
their work and how and why the work is appropriate for publication. Details of any relevant
consent and/or ethics approvals, and other such items must be included in the cover letter.
FormatManuscripts should include the following items:• Abstract (100-150 Words)• Introduction• Materials and Methods• Results• Discussion• Conclusion (if included)• Acknowledgments (if applicable)• Conflict of Interest declaration• References
Proprietary names of commercial products should be stated in parentheses by the brand name,model, company, city, state and country. For example:••

a cutting instrument (Komet-Brasseler, Lemgo, Germany)a luting cement (Maxcem, Kerr, Orange, CA, USA)

Title and title pageThe title should describe the content of the article briefly but clearly and is important forsearch purposes by third-party services. Do not use the same main title with numbered minor
titles, even for a series of papers by the same authors. Do not use abbreviations in the title,
except those used generally in the field.
The title page of the manuscript should include the following items:
 Manuscript category (i.e. Original Paper or Review)
 Title (the head of title sentence in capital letters and the others in lower case) Full names of the authors (Sachio TAMAOKI1 and Kanji TSURU2)
 Affiliations and addresses (including the all institutions’ addresses;
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Section of Orthodontics, Department of Oral Growth and Development, Fukuoka
Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan
2
Section of Bioengineering, Department of Dental Engineering, Fukuoka Dental
College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan)
 Keywords (3-5 words and the head of each keyword in capital letters) Number of reprints required (in multiples of 50)
 Corresponding author (full name; e-mail address: phone number, fax number)
Abbreviations
Each abbreviation should be defined in parentheses together with its non-abbreviated termwhen it first appears in the text (except in the Title and Abstract).

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Units
For units, the international system of units (SI), MKS-system and CGS system must be used.
More information on SI units is available at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures(BIPM) website.
Acknowledgments
This section should be brief and acknowledge those that have assisted in the work or
preparation of the manuscript, but who do not qualify for authorship, as defined in the
Authorship section. Authors should list all funding sources for their work in the
Acknowledgements section.
Conflict of Interest declaration
Authors are required to declare any competing financial or other conflicts of interest in
relation to the work described. Please see the ‘Author competing interests and conflicts ofinterest’ subsection in the Journal & Ethics Policies for detailed information. If there are no
declared interests, include a statement under the section heading “The authors declare nocompeting interests.”
References
Cite references in the text should be in numerical order and used in superscript in line without
any space (reference1)) reference1,2) or reference2-6)). The journal follows the Vancouverreferencing style; follow the sample references per the NLM guidelines. The references
should be grouped in a section at the end of the main text in numerical order as they appear in
the text and should take the following formats.
Journals
Authors' surname together with their initials (List the first six authors, followed by et al.), fulltitle of the article, the abbreviated name of the journal (as shown in Index Medicus), year,
volume, inclusive page numbers.
1) Tabira K, Kajimoto N, Minamisawa H, Sato T, Maruta M, Oka K, et al. Functional
evaluation of mineral trioxide aggregate cement with choline dihydrogen phosphate. Dent
Mater J 2023; 42: 485-492.
Books
Authors' surname together with their initials: title of the book, city of publication, publisher,year of publication, inclusive page numbers.
1) Tsuru K, Maruta M, Ishikawa K. In: Choi AH, Ben-Nissan B, editors. Innovative andIntelligent Bioceramics in Translational Medicine. Singapore, Springer Nature. 2022. p. 127155.
Proceedings
1) Tsuru K, Nikaido T, Munar ML, Maruta M, Matsuya S, et al. Synthesis of carbonate
apatite foam using beta-TCP foams as precursors. Proceeding of the 25th Symposium andAnnual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine; 2013 Nov 7-10;
Bucharest, Romania. Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland; 2014. p. 52-55.

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TablesTables should be numbered according to their order in the text. Each table should be typed ona separate sheet and should be understandable without referring to the text. Standard
deviations of values should be indicated in parentheses.
FiguresFigures should be numbered according to their order in the text. Each figure should be drawn
separately. Figure captions must appear on a separate page after the References section.
The resolution of the photos and figures is desirable in 1200 dpi. Extra white space aroundfigures should be erased. Further instructions on preparing TIFF files over 300 dpi must be
followed when relevant.

Accepted Manuscripts
Manuscripts that are accepted for publication are copyedited and typeset by the journal’s
production team before publication. The journal is published in issues 6 times per year andcontinuously online as articles are ready to be published. All communication regarding
accepted manuscripts is with the corresponding author.
ProofsPage proofs are sent to the corresponding author, who should check and return them within 48
hours. Only essential corrections to typesetting errors or omissions are accepted; excessivechanges are not permitted at the proofing stage.
Reprints
Order forms for reprints are sent with the proofs to the corresponding author and should be
returned with the proofs. The orders can be placed in units of 50 copies.

Contact
To contact the Editorial Office or the Editor-in-Chief, please use the details below. Allquestions and contact sent by e-mail whenever possible to the editorial office should be titledas “DMJ-Inquiry”.
The Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices
c/o Koku Hoken Kyokai, Komagome TS Building
1-43-9, Komagome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0003, Japan
E-mail edit-dmj@kokuhoken.or.jp

Updated: 1.10.2024

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