DentistryIQ Submission Guidelines

Here is everything you need to know about submitting an article to DentistryIQ.
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Submission and editorial integrity guidelines 

DentistryIQ publishes practical, substantive content that helps dental professionals stay informed, improve patient care, strengthen their practices, and better understand the issues shaping dentistry. Submissions should provide meaningful insight readers can apply to their work and be grounded in the author’s professional expertise, experience, reporting, or analysis 

Originality and use of artificial intelligence 

Submitted articles must be original and substantially written by the credited author or authors. 

Generative AI may be used only in a limited, supporting role. Authors must disclose whether generative AI was used and briefly explain how it contributed to the submission. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all submitted material.

Submissions that use AI to generate substantial portions of the manuscript will not be accepted. 

Commercial relationships and promotional content 

DentistryIQ welcomes informed perspectives from dental professionals, practice leaders, consultants, educators, researchers, technology experts, and other dental industry professionals. Authors must disclose any relevant financial, employment, consulting, ownership, speaking, or other commercial relationships at the time of submission. 

Commercial relationships do not automatically disqualify a submission, but disclosure does not make promotional content editorially appropriate. Articles must provide useful information that readers can apply independently of any company, product, service, course, software, or proprietary system discussed. 

Submissions should not: 

  • Function primarily as promotion for a product, service, company, consultancy, course, or event 

  • Use repeated company or product references when generic language would suffice 

  • Present a proprietary approach without appropriate context, limitations, or consideration of alternatives 

  • Include sales-oriented claims, calls to action, or links intended primarily to generate leads 

  • Base substantive claims solely on promotional, proprietary, or company-supplied materials when independent support is reasonably available 

Case studies and examples should provide transferable business insight and, where relevant, address limitations, costs, risks, or alternatives. 

Editors may request revisions to unnecessary brand references, promotional language, or commercial links. Submissions whose promotional purpose cannot be separated from their editorial content may be declined. 

Accuracy and editorial review 

Authors must independently verify factual claims, quotations, data, citations, and other source material. Financial, legal, regulatory, and research-based claims should be supported by reliable sources. 

Hypothetical or composite examples must be clearly identified and may not be presented as actual practices, business situations, results, or firsthand experiences.

Editors may request citations, original source material, disclosures, or supporting documentation. Dental Economics may decline or request revisions to submissions that do not meet its standards for accuracy, originality, transparency, reader value, or editorial independence. Published content may be corrected or removed if significant concerns emerge after publication. 

Sponsored content and advertising 

Sponsored content is handled separately from the editorial submission process and is appropriately labeled when published. For information about sponsored content and advertising opportunities, please contact Director of Sales Brian Rosebrook at [email protected]. 

How to Submit an Article

To submit an article, simply email a Microsoft Word file or similar to Editor in Chief Andrew Johnston at [email protected]. 

Press Releases

Press releases are reviewed for development and publication. All press releases should be sent to [email protected].

Acceptance Process

Articles are judged on merit. You will be notified of our decision to accept or decline your submission within two weeks.

Formatting

Please format your article as follows:

  • Arial font
  • 12-point type
  • 1” margins
  • Double spaced
  • One space after periods

At the top of your article, please include the following:

  • Date
  • Author's name and credentials (e.g, Jane Doe, DMD, MAGD)
  • Author's email address
  • Author's phone number
  • Author's physical address

At the end of your article, please place the following:

  • References
  • Short author bio (75 words or fewer)

Author Bio

At the end of your article, please include a short bio of 75 words or fewer. Your bio will be published alongside your headshot. We encourage you to include contact information, such as an e-mail address and/or telephone number.

You may promote your business interests within your bio if done tastefully. For example, you may say, "Contact Mr. Griffin for information on financial planning at (555)555-5555." Bios should not be overly commercial or self-promotional. If you are interested in promoting your products/services further, we will put you in touch with one of our sales persons.

Copyright Agreement

We cannot publish your article until you have e-signed our standard copyright agreement. The copyright agreement will be provided to you for review and e-signature if your article is accepted for publication.

Article Length

You may submit an article of any length. Our general recommendation is 700–1,500 words.

Artwork, Figures, Photos, and Tables

We encourage you to submit artwork, figures, photos, and tables. Authors must hold the copyright to any items submitted. Do not submit anything that has been published by someone else unless you've obtained permission to republish it. Authors are responsible for collecting photo releases. These should be submitted with your article.

References

Articles must contain references where appropriate. This includes the following cases:

  • Quoting sources
  • Citing data and statistics
  • Paraphrasing sources
  • Crosslinking

Please use endnotes and a generally accepted reference style. Submitting a URL is insufficient.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is not tolerated. Acts of plagiarism are grounds for permanently ending relationships with authors.

Previously Published Work

We do not accept previously published work. This includes self-published items such as blog posts.

Compensation

Monetary compensation is generally unavailable for articles.

House Style

Articles will be edited according to our in-house style. Our style is a set of rules that we have developed over time that create consistency, improve readability, and preserve editorial integrity. Examples of important style points are as follows:

 

Order of credentials

Credentials are listed in the following order:

1.     Educational degrees

2.     Registrations

3.     Certifications

4.     Affiliations

If an author has multiple educational degrees, these are listed in order of most advanced to least advanced. If two degrees are of equal advancement, they are alphabetized.

Within registrations and certifications, items are alphabetized. Within affiliations, credentials are listed in highest order of achievement to least.

Examples:

  • Jane Doe, PhD, MSc, RDH, CDA
  • John Smith, DDS, PhD, FAGD
  • Mary Jones, DDS, JD, MBA, CFP, CPA, MAGD, FAACD
  • Michelle Thompson, BS, RDH

Editorial Contacts

For questions, please email editor in chief Andrew Johnston at [email protected]. 

Additional Questions

Additional questions may be sent to Group Editorial Director Amelia Williamson DeStefano at [email protected].