The Scientific Program of the 17th Panhellenic Orthodontic Congress will include oral and poster presentations.

Papers on research and of epidemiological, clinical, statistical, pathological content, as well as presentations of rare clinical cases, will be accepted as oral and poster presentations.

Review papers will not be accepted.

The abstract of the paper sent should not exceed 250 words and must include the sections: introduction, aim, materials & method, results and conclusions and must be submitted in English.

If the paper refers to an interesting clinical case, after the introduction, the rarity or originality of the material should be mentioned, the problem’s brief details and treatment, while for the interesting techniques, after the short introduction there should be an extensive description of the technique and assessment of its effectiveness. The papers must be complete and conclusions such as e.g. “results will be drawn after the statistical processing of the data” will not be deemed adequate.

• Each participant can present up to one (1) Oral and one (1) Poster presentation
• Each oral presentation must be concluded in 8 minutes so there are 2 minutes time for questions. Under no circumstances the presentation can exceed the 10-minute duration.
• The posters will be 97cmx180cm maximum

The abstract submission can be completed only via the online form on the official site of the congress.

The abstracts will be sent to the Scientific Committee of the congress and the papers that will be accepted to be presented, will be published in the Abstract Book and the site of the congress. The papers that do not follow the guidelines will be send for resubmission if the time permits it, otherwise they will not be accepted.

If a presenter, whose paper has been accepted, does not come to the conference, any work he may submit to the upcoming 18th P.O.C., in 2025, will not be accepted. The Organizing Committee is not responsible for any damage or loss caused to a poster.

Reasons for rejecting a paper will be:

1. Inconsistency between title and abstract content
2. Failure to list: introduction, aim, materials & method, results, conclusions
3. Inadequate scientific work,
4. A paper nearly identical to another submitted by the same authors
5. Late submission of paper
6. Non-registration of the speaker at the congress
7. Non-submission of the bilingual abstract

Brief editorial guidelines

1. Title in black, bold, capital letters (12-word limit)
2. Authors (small letters – and underlined for the presenting author)
3. Institutional Affiliation. The corresponded author’s details should include the institution’s full postal address, but only the institution’s name, city and country
4. Introduction, Aim, Materials & Method, Results, Conclusions
5. Pictures or tables should not be included in the summary
6. Do not include underlining, italics or tables in your paper

ABSTRACT (EXAMPLE)

PAPER’S TITLE (up to 12 words)

1. Karavaka, M.N. Spyropoulou (authors, underlined is the presenting author’s name)

Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (institute affiliation name)

INTRODUCTION: …………………………..

AIM: ………………………….

METHOD: …………………………………………

RESULTS: …………………………………..

CONCLUSIONS:………………………