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BMC Oral Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of disorders of the mouth, teeth and gums, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
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Impact Factor
3.1
Quartile
Q1
Open Access Type
Open
ISSN
1472-6831
eISSN
1472-6831
Invitation Only
Yes
Cost Range
APC: £2490.00 GBP / $3290.00 USD / €2790.00 EUR; subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.
Submission Instructions
BMC Oral Health is an invitation-only journal. Submissions are accepted by invitation from the editorial board only. The following article types are accepted:
Research Article
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and articles reporting health care interventions on human participants must also include a Trial registration section.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include a title page, a structured abstract, three to ten keywords, sections for Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations section with all required subheadings. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a Declarations section whose nonrelevant subheadings state 'Not applicable', a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and disclosure of any large language model use in the Methods section or suitable alternative part.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and public preprints may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must be excluded from the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and URLs must appear as numbered references in the reference list with full site title, full URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript, tables up to one page may be placed within the manuscript while larger tables may be placed at the end or uploaded separately if too wide, and uncropped full-length gels and blots must be included as a single supplementary figure when cropped versions are shown in the main text. Figures and tables must be numbered in text order, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, and cropped gels or blots must be clearly indicated with legends stating that full-length versions are provided in the supplementary figure.
Review
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include Background, Conclusions, and a Declarations section, and the title page must list all authors’ full names and institutional addresses, indicate the corresponding author, and provide a title that includes the study design if appropriate. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords and a Declarations section containing Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors’ contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors’ information, with 'Not applicable' used for any non-relevant declaration.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published, in-press, or publicly available preprint articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must be excluded from the reference list, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and web links must be numbered and included as full references with access dates.
Figures & Tables
Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end with placement indicated in the text, oversized tables may be uploaded separately, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript while figures are uploaded separately in citation order. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order first cited, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must be created using the word processor’s table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheets, and color or shading must not be used in tables.
Systematic Review
Cover Letter
Cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract
Abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions, and Trial registration.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include 3 to 10 keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, Declarations subsections with 'Not applicable' where irrelevant, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be assigned reference numbers and included in the reference list in full, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript while larger tables may be placed at the end or uploaded as additional files if too wide. Figures must be numbered and uploaded in first-citation order with multipanel figures submitted as one composite file, and tables must be numbered in sequence, created using the table function, and not embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
Case Report
Cover Letter
Cover letter is required. Cover letter must describe how the case report is rare or unusual and its educational and/or scientific merits, declare any potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved submission, and explain any issues relating to journal policies.
Abstract
Abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Case presentation, and Conclusions.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include a title page, Background, Case presentation, Discussion and Conclusions, and a Declarations section with the required subheadings. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, an Availability of data and materials statement, and Declarations subheadings retained with 'Not applicable' where a section is irrelevant.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts available publicly may be cited, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, web links must be numbered and included in the reference list, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables
Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, larger tables may be placed at the end of the document, tables too wide for a page may be uploaded separately, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript while figure files are uploaded separately. Figures must be numbered and uploaded in first-citation order with multi-panel figures submitted as one composite file, and tables must be numbered in sequence, created using the table function, and not embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
Study Protocol
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required and should confirm the study status for the protocol. The cover letter must include study status, any issues relating to journal policies, any potential competing interests, confirmation of all authors’ approval, and confirmation that the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Discussion, and Trial registration, with randomized controlled trial protocols giving the trial registration number in the last line of the abstract.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include Background, Methods/Design, Discussion, and Declarations sections. Manuscript must include 3 to 10 keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, Declarations subheadings for Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors’ contributions, and Acknowledgements with 'Not applicable' where irrelevant, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts/data and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, publicly available datasets should be cited with persistent identifiers such as DOIs expressed as full URLs, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and web links must be numbered and included in the reference list.
Figures & Tables
Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end with placement indicated in the text, very wide tables may be uploaded as additional files, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript while figures are uploaded separately. Figures and tables must be numbered in text order, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must be created with the word processor’s table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheet files, and footnotes must not contain figures or tables.
Matters Arising
Cover Letter
Cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, and confirm that all authors approved submission and that the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
Abstract must not be included. The first paragraph is used as the abstract for submission purposes.
Manuscript
Main text should ideally not exceed 1,200 words. Manuscript must begin with a brief first paragraph summarizing the message in non-specialist language, followed by the body of the article, which may be divided into short informative subsections. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords and a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, with Authors' information optional and non-relevant subsections marked 'Not applicable'.
References
Contributions may include up to 15 references. References must follow Vancouver style. Only published articles, in-press articles, published abstracts, clinical trial registration records, and publicly available preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must be excluded from the reference list, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and full web references must include the site title, full URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables
Contribution should ideally require only one or two small figures or tables. Tables shorter than one page may be placed in the manuscript, larger tables may be placed at the end with placement indicated in the text, and figures must be uploaded separately in citation order with titles and legends included in the main manuscript. Multi-panel figures must be submitted as single composite files, tables must be created using the word processor's table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheets, and figure and table numbering must follow the order of first citation in the text.
Scoping Reviews
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and, if applicable, name the special issue.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words.
Manuscript
The manuscript must include a Background section, a Conclusions section, and a 'Declarations' heading containing Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information. The manuscript must include three to ten keywords, provide a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and include 'Not applicable' in any Declarations section that is not relevant.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and web links and URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list in full.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript while longer tables may be placed at the end, and tables too wide for a landscape page may be uploaded as additional files. Figures must be numbered and uploaded in the order first mentioned and multi-panel figures submitted as a single composite file, while tables must be numbered in sequence, created using the table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheets, and cited in the text.
Recent Publications
Prenatal exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus increases developmental defects of enamel in offspring: a retrospective cohort study in China
Jingyi Liu, Wenzhe You, Hui Guo, Shuangjing Li, Lei Bai, Linjie Li, Jing Wen, Jing Li
10.1186/s12903-026-09527-5
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Effect of aging on cavity adaptation of Class V cavities restored with bioactive restorative materials: a Micro-CT and SEM analysis
Ayşe Alanur Sağun, Cumali Çatak, Mert Ocak, Burcu Oglakci Ozkoc, Evrim Eliguzeloglu Dalkilic
10.1186/s12903-026-09642-3
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Dental age estimation and assessment of the 18-year threshold using the third molar maturity index and dental development stages in a Korean population
Eun-Jin Lee, Sehyun Oh, Akiko Kumagai, Sang-Seob Lee
10.1186/s12903-026-09797-z
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Dental caries in first and second molars among adolescents: a comparative cross-sectional study
Wijdan R. Elmanaseer, Latifa Qouzah, Mahmoud K AL-Omiri
10.1186/s12903-026-09844-9
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Preparation and in vitro characterization of luteolin-loaded liposome/GelMA composite microspheres and associated macrophage and osteogenic responses
Bingjie Fan, Yuming Zeng, Xin Jiang, Wenting Zou, Yuxuan Gao, Jing Hu
10.1186/s12903-026-09763-9
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Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to publish?
Submission to first decision (median): 16 days.
Reformat to BMC Oral Health using Livewrite PremiumIs a cover letter required?
A cover letter is required and should explain why the manuscript should be published in BMC Oral Health, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved the submission, confirm that the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.
Reformat to BMC Oral Health using Livewrite PremiumWhat are the publication costs?
An article processing charge applies for each article accepted for publication. The current APC is £2490.00 GBP / $3290.00 USD / €2790.00 EUR, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.
Reformat to BMC Oral Health using Livewrite PremiumResearch Topics
Dental Health and Care Utilization
Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
Dental Radiography and Imaging
Dental materials and restorations
Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments
Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Dental Research and COVID-19
Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
Dental Erosion and Treatment
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
dental development and anomalies
Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
Cleft Lip and Palate Research
Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
Dental Trauma and Treatments
HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
Head and Neck Cancer Studies
Oral and gingival health research
Oral health in cancer treatment
Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
Bone and Dental Protein Studies