Thank you for your interest in submitting to the Nigerian Dental Journal, the official publication of the Nigerian Dental Association. We are committed to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed research that advances dental and oral health in Nigeria and globally.

Please read the following guidelines carefully before preparing your manuscript.

1. Editorial Policies

Before submitting, we strongly recommend that you review our full Journal Policies page , which includes details on:

• Peer review process (double-anonymous)
• Publication ethics (COPE)
• Plagiarism policy
• AI editorial use
• Corrections, retractions, and version control
• Open access, licensing, and copyright

2. Article Types Accepted

The Nigerian Dental Journal welcomes:

• Original Research
• Review Articles
• Case Reports
• Technical Notes (surgical techniques, innovations)
• Letters to the Editor

All submissions must be relevant to dentistry and allied health professions.

3. Authorship and AI

• Authorship: We follow the COPE authorship criteria. All listed authors must have contributed significantly to the work.
  Authorship_DiscussionDocument.pdf (publicationethics.org)
• AI Tools: We subscribe to the WAME and COPE position on AI authorship. Generative AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Any use of AI in manuscript preparation must be disclosed in the acknowledgements.
  https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author

4. Reporting Guidelines

To ensure completeness and transparency, authors must follow the relevant reporting guideline for their study type. The EQUATOR Network provides a comprehensive library of reporting guidelines:

 www.equator-network.org

Common guidelines include:

Study Type	Recommended Guideline
Randomized trials	CONSORT
Observational studies	STROBE
Systematic reviews	PRISMA
Case reports	CARE
Qualitative research	SRQR
Diagnostic accuracy	STARD

Authors are encouraged to upload completed checklists with their submission.

5. Ethical Considerations

Ethical Considerations
Any manuscript concerned with human subjects, medical records, or human tissue that is submitted to the Nigerian Dental Journal should comply with the principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki “Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving ‘Human Subjects”, adopted by the 18th World Medical Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, June 1964, and as amended most recently by the 64th World Medical Assembly, Fontaleza, Brazil, October 2013.

The manuscript should contain a statement that the work has been approved by the appropriate Ethical Committee related to the institution(s) in which the work was performed, and that subjects gave informed consent to the work. The Nigerian Dental Journal requires institutional Ethics Committee approval for all human studies. For retrospective studies of records either a statement of approval or a statement of exemption from the Committee is appropriate. This statement should be provided upon submission of the manuscript. Studies involving experiments with animals must state that their care was in accordance with institution guidelines.

Patient confidentiality
Written consents of the use of patient’s images in form of photographs, videos or any other form of description must be obtained from the patient (or parent, guardian or next of kin where applicable ) before submission of the manuscript. This must be provided to the Editorial Office on request. Even where consent has been given, identifying details should be omitted if they are not essential. If consent for publication has not been taken, private information on the patient included in any part of the paper (including all illustrations and videos) must be removed before submission.

Research involving human subjects, medical records, or human tissue must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki.

• https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki

All manuscripts must include:

• Name of the ethics committee that approved the study
• Approval reference number and date
• Statement that informed consent was obtained from participants
• Clinical trial registration number (for trials)

6. Open Access and Licensing

The Nigerian Dental Journal has been fully Open Access since January 2023.

• All new publications and archive materials are freely available to readers worldwide.
• All content is reusable under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) .
• Authors retain copyright without restrictions.

7. Article Processing Charges (APC)

• No submission fee
• APC: NGN85,000 (charged only on accepted manuscripts)
• This is the journal's primary source of funding.
• Note: Color figures may attract an additional fee. Authors will be notified if applicable.

8. Manuscript Preparation Summary

Please ensure your manuscript includes:

• Title page (separate file): Title, authors, affiliations, ORCIDs, corresponding author contact, conflict of interest, funding
• Abstract: Structured (Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion), ≤250 words
• Keywords: 3–6 MeSH terms
• Main text: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion
• References: ICMJE (Vancouver) style
• Tables and figures: Numbered, with titles/captions

For full details, visit our Submissions | Nigerian Dental Journal

9. How to Submit

1. Register on the journal website (or log in if already registered).
2. Click "Make Submission"
3. Follow the five-step submission process.
4. Upload all required files (title page, anonymous manuscript, figures, checklists).

10. Need Help?

If you have any questions, please contact the editorial office at:
[email protected]

We look forward to receiving your submission.

Editorial Team
Nigerian Dental Journal