Share your knowledge with your colleagues!
We are
looking for interesting and informative material to publish in
Oh Canada! and are seeking authors to submit short articles. Articles are accepted from
members, dental
industry partners, interprofessional partners, and others. Each issue will feature a special
FOCUS section on
a specific topic (see below) as well as regular columns:
- Dental Hygiene at Home and Away
- Workplace Wellness
- Professional Practice
- Talking Ethics
- Advocacy in Action
- Student Scene
- Member Moments
- Research & Resources
- Provincial Post
- Lighter Side
And special features on any topic you feel will be of interest to your fellow dental hygienists.
Submissions should be 150-800 words (including references) with photos and/or video clips.CDHA
reserves the right
to edit for length and clarity.
Future FOCUS topic areas
Upcoming Topics for 2025
- Spring 2025: Anticariogenic Agents to Reduce Caries Risk
- Deadline March 1
- Fall 2025: Different Business Models in Independent Dental Hygiene - Deadline September 1
Please submit questions or content to
Angie D'Aoust.
Contributor checklist for authors
Have you ensured the following:
- Deadlines:
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Fall/Winter: October 1
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Spring: February 1
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Summer: June 1
- Word count: 400-800 words, including references (in Microsoft word .doc or .docx format)
proofed. CDHA uses CP
style for this publication.
- Statements of fact or directly quoted material must be supported by citing references.
- References must be formatted in Vancouver style. Number your references at the end of the document in
the order in which they appear in the text (citation sequence) and use superscript numbers within the
text to refer to your end references.
- Images: photo/graphics/tables and/or video clip of suitable size and resolution with
cutlines/captions.
- Author photo provided: minimum 1" x 1" individual head and shoulders snapshot. Images should
be in .jpg or .tiff
format (not embedded in a Word .doc) and be 300dpi at a minimum
- Photo release form completed.
Download
document
- Copyright check. If you use photos/graphics/images/graphs/illustrations that do not belong
to you, you must have
permission and credit the source.
- Interesting title for your article provided.
- Author credentials included at top of article
- Author email address/website address that may be published included at top of article
- Acknowledge that CDHA reserves the right to edit/alter articles for length or clarity
without re-submitting to
author.
Word count guidelines for dental industry sponsored feature articles
(including references)
One page article: If text only (not recommended) 800 words. With one or two
medium size images restrict to 600 words. Multiple images, large images or table(s), restrict to 400
words.
Two page article: If all text (not recommended) 1,600 words. With two - four
medium size images restrict to 1,200 words. More than four images, large images or tables, restrict to
800 words.
Four page spread: If all text (not recommended) 3,200 words. With 5 or 6 medium size
images, restrict
to 2,400 words. More than six images, large images or tables restrict to 1,600 words.