Guide for Authors
1. The Journal of Japan Association of Dental Traumatology (JJADT) is issued
once a year in general.
2. Qualified author
The qualified authors involving coauthors for contributing papers are generally
limited to the members of JADT. It does not apply, however, to the authors
whom the Editorial Board especially accepts.
3. Ethics
1) Work on human beings should conform to the principles laid down in theDeclaration of Helsinki. The manuscript should contain a statement that
subjects or patients have been given informed consents to the work, or thatthe work has been approved by the appropriate ethics committees.
2) When experimental animals are used, the manuscript should state that thecare to minimize pain and discomfort was taken in accordance withinstitution guidelines.
3) In case of “the case report involving off-label use of medicine and/or device orunauthorized agent and/or treatment”, or “the research presentation
involving technology of regenerative medicine, etc. according to the Act toEnsure the Safety of Regenerative Medicine, etc.”, ethical review isindispensable.
4. Conflict of Interest (COI)
Conflict of Interest should be clearly stated in the manuscript. All authors
must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people ororganizations that could inappropriately influence their works.
5. Contents of manuscript
1) Papers should be directed to the research and treatment of dental trauma orrelated field. They should not be under consideration of any other Journaland must not have been previously published.
2) Manuscripts in the following categories: review papers, original papers, casereports and others.
6. Submission of manuscript

1) Submission of manuscript should be consisted of original and three copies
including figures and tables and others.
2) The specified worksheet should be filled and attached.
7. Adoption, rejection and publication order for submitted paper
1) Editorial Board decides adoption or rejection of paper in accordance with theopinions of peer-reviewers.
2) Editorial Board decides publication order of paper.
3) Certificate of publication of adopted paper is issued if desired.
8. Proofreading
1) The author reading is up to the second proof.
2) The author must not insert or eliminate sentences for revision purposes; only
the correction of error is allowed.
9. Copyright
Copyright of papers accepted for publication in this journal belongs to Japan
Association of Dental Traumatology.
10. Manuscript format1) Title page
Title page should include the following items.:
・Title (the head of each noun, adjective and adverb in capital letters)
・Category of the manuscript (review papers, original papers, case reports orothers)
・Full names of the authors (family names in capital letters)
・Authors’ affiliation addresses
・Key words (3-5 words and the head of each word in capital letters)
・Running title (within 10 words)
・Number of reprints (50 multiples)・ Corresponding author (full name, e-mail address, phone number, faxnumber)
2) Main text
・Abstract (within 500 words)
・Introduction
・Materials and Methods
・Results
・Discussion

・Conclusion
・Conflict of Interest
・Acknowledgments (if applicable)
・References
3) Subdivision of the article
Subsections should be numbered in order of 1・2・3…, then 1)・2)・3)…, (1)・(2)・(3)…, ①・②・③…, a・b・c…, etc.
4) Proprietary names of commercial products
They should be expressed in parentheses by their brand names, model,company, city, states and country.
・a luting cement (Maxcem, Kerr Corporation, Orange, CA,USA)
11. References
References should be grouped in a section at the end of the text in numericalorder as they appear in the text and should take the following form. List all
authors or editors, but if there are more than three list first three plus et al.
・Reference style for Journals
Authors’ surname together with their initials: full title of the article, theabbreviated name of the journal (as shown in Index Medicus), volume:
inclusive page numbers, year.
1) Greenspan J, Greenspan D.: Etiological factors related to dental injuries
in Japanese aged 7-10 years. Dent Traumatol 19: 271-278, 2003.
2) Lau A, Wang XJ, Zhao F, et al.: A noncanonical mechanism of nrf2
activation by autophagy deficiency: Direct interaction between keap1 andp62. Mol Cell Biol 30: 3275-3285, 2010.
・Reference style for Books
Authors’ surname together with their initials: title of the book, publisher, cityof publication, inclusive page numbers, year of publication.
1) Grossman LI.: Endodontic practice: 10th ed, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia,215-223,1998.
2) Goodis HE.: History of pulp biology: Edited by Hargreaves KM, Goodis HE,Dental pulp: 2nd ed. Quintessence Publishing Co, Chicago, 1-5, 2004.
12. Figures
Figures should be numbered in accordance with their appearance in the text.
Each figure should be drawn separately. Figure legends should be listed on aseparate page at the end of the manuscript.

13. Tables
Tables should be numbered in accordance with their appearance in the text.
Each table should be typed in a separate sheet and should be understandable
without referring to the text.
14. Submission of manuscript
Serial page number should be given from the title page through the references.
Figures, tables and their legends should be bound separately from the text.
1) By way of air mailSubmission of manuscript should be consisted of original and three copies,
self-declaration of COI and submission sheet, and besides memory stick or CD
filing all the manuscript should be enclosed with them.
・Mailing address
Executive office
Japan Association of Dental Traumatology
2-12-13 Imamachi, KokurakitakuKitakyushu-city, Fukuoka
803-0862 JAPAN・E-mail: japan.assoc.dt@gmail.com
・URL: http://www.ja-dt.org/2) By way of e-mailAll the files of manuscript together with self-declaration of COI and submission
sheet should be attached to the e-mail.