The Journal of Diagnostics and Treatment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology welcomes cutting-edge oral and maxillofacial surgery studies.

Documents for Submission

1. Cover Letter (download template).

2. Open Access License Agreement for Publishing CC BY-NC-SA (download template).

3. Consent for Taking and Publishing Photographs (download template).

4. Manuscript (PDF/MS Word file).

5. Images from Figures and/or Videos (as a separate files). Video is encouraged with your article.

• Sent 4 documents + separate images/video files to the Editorial Office e-mail: office@omfpublishing.com.

• For article submission to the Section Images direct your manuscript to the e-mail: office@omfpublishing.com.

Surgical Case Reports: Here you can download (PDF) the SCARE Checklist of information to include when writing a Case Report.

Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet a scope and aimes of the Journal of Diagnostics and Treatment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology will be reviewed.

Peer Review Process

• The journal employs “double blind” reviewing: Double anonymous review at the review stages with reviewers indicated in the article only if the article is accepted for publication.

After submission to Editorial Office/Managing Editor the peer review process consist of 5 steps:

1. Peer reviewers selected by clinical expertise.

2. Reviewers' comments received by Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor.

3. Initial decision sent to authors.

4. Revised manuscript reviewed by Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor to ensure that reviewer's suggestions have been addressed. On occasion, the original reviewers also review the revised manuscript.

5. Final decision sent to author and at the same time requested to pay an article processing charge (Table 1). Following payment of this fee, the article will be made universally available at no further charge through dtjournal.org.

Guide For Authors

Here you can download Guide for Authors (PDF).

 

Manuscript Length & Number of Elements​

• Original Articles, Special Topics, and Pilot Studies are limited to 3,355 words total, 20 figures pieces, 75 references, and 15 minutes of video (separated into no more than 4 video clips)

• Ideas & Innovations and SEQUEL- Full Follow-up are limited to 1,355 words total, 4 figure pieces, 10 references, and 6 minutes of video (separated into no more than 3 video clips)

• Case Reports are limited to 1,250 words total, 4 figure pieces, 10 references, and 6 minutes of video (separated into no more than 3 video clips)

• Viewpoints, Letters to the Editor, and SEQUEL- Short Synopsis are limited to 500 words, 2 figure pieces, 5 references, and up to 6 minutes of video (as Supplemental Digital Content only)

  • Solicited Reply Letters to the Editor are limited to 400 words, 5 references, 0 figure and tables, and 0 videos

• Video articles are limited to 1,000 words, 5 references, and up to 20 minutes of video (separated into no more than 4 video clips) 

  • Additionally,​ Video article types have a 90-character limit on the Title.

• ​Case Reports, Ideas & Innovations, Viewpoints, Letters to the Editor, Replies, and Editorials are limited to two pieces of Supplemental Digital Content​

 

Title Length

As per journal style, the recommended length of an article title should be no longer than 16 words, and preferably under 14.
Acronyms and abbreviations in titles should be spelled out for the purposes of a word-count, as they will be expanded during copyediting in most cases. Use your keywords strategically to optimize Search Engine Optimization: 

• Make sure your top 2 – 3 keywords appear in the title

Video article types have a 90-character limit on the Title.

 

The Journal of Diagnostics and Treatment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology is a fully open access journal. Journal of Diagnostics and Treatment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology shares the distinctive features of open access journals, including:

• Open access journals are peer-reviewed publications, publishing selectively only those articles that pass peer review requirements of their respective editorial boards.

• Offer content via online-delivered publication modality (with a print option).

• Charge no subscription fees; are free and "open access" to any viewer.

• Generate their primary revenue through article publishing charges (APCs).

• APCs paid either by individual authors, or authors' institutions/grant funding bodies.

• Generate secondary revenue with online advertising and commercial reprints.

 

TABLE 1. Article Publication Costs (Synonym: Article Processing Charge) as of October 07, 2025.