Call for Papers

The Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene (CJDH) is seeking manuscript submissions that make a significant contribution to the dental hygiene body of knowledge and advance the scientific basis of practice. Manuscripts must address one of the following Canadian Dental Hygienists Association 2022-2024 Research Agenda (www.cdha.ca/researchagenda) themes:

Risk assessment and management
Access to care and unmet needs
Capacity building of the profession

and must be of the following types:

Original research articles
Literature/narrative reviews
Systematic reviews
Scoping reviews
Short communications/case reports
Position papers

Getting Started

If you have oral health research that you are ready to share with your colleagues but aren't sure where to begin, there are lots of resources to help you! Here are some websites that you may find useful.

Clinical research "how-to" articles, compiled by the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists. www.jmirs.org/content/clinicalresearch
Good reporting of research studies www.equator-network.org/toolkits/authors/#auplan
Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals www.icmje.org
Writing systematic reviews www.prisma-statement.org
Learn more about the peer-review process and formatting requirements for manuscript submissions by watching Manuscript Writing for the Novice Researcher, a one-hour webinar offered by the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association, featuring the journal's scientific editor, Dr. Salme Lavigne.