期刊名称：CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS ISSN： 1432-6981 出版频率： Monthly 出版社： SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, D-69121   出版社网址： http://www.springer.com/east/home?SGWID=5-102-0-0-0 期刊网址： http://www.springer.com/west/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=4-40109-70-1117068-0 影响因子： 3.573 主题范畴： DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal Description "Clinical Oral Investigations" is an international and multidisciplinary forum for publications from all fields of oral medicine. The journal builds a bridge between basic and clinical sciences and promotes the exchange of information and the advancement of oral medicine for the benefit of patients. Publishes original scientific articles and invited reviews which provide an international readership with up-to-date results of basic and clinical studies in the field of oral and maxillofacial science and medicine and aims to clarify the relevance of these results for a modern practice. Covered topics are: Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Prosthetics and Restorative Dentistry, Operative Dentistry, Endodontics, Periodontology, Orthodontics, Dental Materials Science, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology, Pedodontics, Oral Implant, Preventive Dentistiry, Oral Pathology, Oral Basic Sciences. 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All manuscripts are subject to copy editing. The text pages should be numbered consecutively and include the references, tables and legends to the figures. The manuscript should be organized as follows: The title page should include: The name(s) of the author(s) A concise and informative title The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s) The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the communicating author Abstract. Each paper must be preceded by an abstract presenting the most important results and conclusions in no more than 200 words. Keywords. Up to 5 keywords taken from Index Medicus should be supplied after the abstract for indexing purposes. Introduction. The Introduction should state the purpose of the investigation and give a short review of the pertinent literature. Materials. The Materials and methods section should follow the Introduction and should provide enough information to ensure the reproducibility of the experimental work. Results. 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The DOI should be added at the end of the reference in question. Example: Davies, RM (2004) The rational use of oral care products in the elderly. Clin Oral Invest DOI 10.1007/s00784-003-0234-3 Illustrations and Tables All figures (photographs, graphs or diagrams) and tables should be cited in the text, and each numbered consecutively throughout. Lowercase letters (a, b etc.) should be used to identify figure parts. If illustrations are supplied with uppercase labeling, lowercase letters will still be used in the figure legends and citations. Figure legends must be brief, self-sufficient explanations of the illustrations. The legends should be placed at the end of the text. Tables should have a title and a legend explaining any abbreviation used in that table. Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). When drugs are mentioned, the international (generic) name should be used. 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Orders for offprints can be placed by returning the order form with the corrected proofs. /* */ Editorial Board Editorial Board Founded in 1997 Founding editors: G. Schmalz, N. Geurtsen, M. Goldberg, J. Gwinnett, E. Hjörting-Hansen, N. Lang, D. van Steenberghe Board of Editors Editor in Chief G. Schmalz, Regensburg Associate Editors S. Bayne, Ann Arbor W. Gernet, München M. Goldberg, Paris C. Lindqvist, Helsinki R. Jacobs, Leuven Editorial Board D. Arenholt-Bindslev, Aarhus R. G. Caffesse, Houston P. Diedrich, Aachen J. van Dijken, Umea H. Eufinger, Bochum J. D. B. Featherstone, San Francisco W. Geurtsen, Seattle G. Goracci, Rome M. Kern, Kiel K. König, Nijmegen P. Lambrechts, Leuven J.-J. Lasfargues, Paris D. Nathanson, Boston M.F.L. Navarro, Bauru M. Quirynen, Leuven W. Raab, Düsseldorf P. Reichart, Berlin E. Rompen, Liège M. Sanz, Madrid J. Scott, Liverpool H. Spiekermann, Aachen G. Vanherle, Leuven J. C. Wataha, Augusta H. Weber, Tübingen