Guidelines for Abstract Submission
The joint IADR/SEAADE meeting will include oral and poster presentations. Applicants may indicate their preferred mode of presentation and the Scientific Committee, in determining the free communication programmes, will make every effort to comply with the requests of authors. In the event that your request is not honoured, and you wish to have your abstract withdrawn, you must indicate this desire on the abstract form. In the absence of an expressed wish to have an abstract removed, participant are obliged to present in the assigned mode.
Applicants are encouraged to take an active part in both the IADR and SEAADE sections of the meeting. The SEAADE section will focus on the education of dental health care workers. An individual participating in the joint meeting may submit only one abstract and present one paper in each of the IADR and SEAADE sections of the joint meeting. Presenters may appear as co-authors on other abstracts.
Where to Submit
IADR Abstract Please send the IADR Abstract by mail to Dr Kelvin Foong, Faculty of Dentistry, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, SINGAPORE.
SEAADE Abstract Please send by mail to Prof Krassanai Wangrangsimakul, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Haad Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand.
Abstract Preparation Instructions
It is important that you follow the abstract preparation instructions and that you complete and sign the abstract forms.
All applications to present an Oral or Poster Communication at the joint IADR/SEAADE Meeting must be accompanied by an abstract.
Abstracts must be submitted on one of the abstract forms provided. If you require additional forms the original form may be photocopied. Type your abstract directly onto either an original form or photocopied form. The blank form may also be downloaded from www.seaade.org/vnseaade/index.htm.
In order to achieve a uniform style for publication in the Abstracts Book, authors are requested to conform to the following (See Sample Abstract):
Title - Limit your title to ten or fewer words. The title should indicate the content of the abstract in a concise manner. Start the title on the first line outside the dotted box.
Authors - Starting after the title, list each author's name in capital letters. The name should include the first and middle initials. Place an asterisk (*) after name of the author presenting the paper. The name of the institution(s) must follow the last author's name and should be enclosed in parentheses. Addresses may be abbreviated. Asterisk only one name per abstract.
Content - The abstract must contain a brief statement of the objectives of the investigation, experimental methods used, essential results, including data and, where appropriate, statistics. Conclusions should be underlined and, where a supporting grant has been received, the agency and grant number should be quoted. All text should be fitted within the box of the abstract form.
Font - Authors are required to use clear typeface of minimum size 10 pitch. Abstracts that have been either reduced before submission or printed in small type wilt be refused.
Deadline for Submission
Deadline for submission is 15 June 2003.
Submitting the Abstract
- Enclosed
the original abstract unfolded with a floppy disk or CD-ROM containing
the text of the abstract.
- Acknowledgement of receipt of the abstract will be made by FAX or E-mail.
Abstract Rejection Criteria
- Abstract
poorly organised
- Required
information not given
- Nature
of problem not explicit
- Material
too closely related to another submitted abstract
- Abstract
not original research
- Abstract
has been previously presented at another meeting
- Problem
fairly well defined, but its importance doubtful
- No well
defined criteria given for evaluation of variables
- Choice
of controls questionable
- No control
groups reported
- Methods
to obtain data not appropriate
- Conclusions
not clear
- Conclusions
do not necessarily follow as a consequence of the method of analysis
applied to the data
- Conclusions
have greater limitations than implied by the author
- Correlations
suggested are fortuitous and none is obvious
- Abstract is not printed in English
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