The Bone and Tooth Society - Abstract Submission Instructions

The abstract must be submitted in English. Complete ALL the fields. In particular, note the following points:

Title:
CAPITALISE the entire title and do not use any abbreviations. Make the title as brief as possible. Do not use a full stop (period) at the end of the title.

Author statement:
Enter the authors(s) initials and surname, separating each author with a comma, and a full stop (period) after the last author. Leave one space between authors' initials. Do not put full stops (periods) after abbreviations or initials. Omit degrees, titles and institutional appointments. Enter the address. Where there are multiple addresses, follow the second example below.

One address:

L P Smith, A W Jones, P Johnson. University of Somewhere, Sometown, UK

Two addresses:

L P Smith[1], A W Jones[1,2], P Johnson[2]. [1]A University, Sometown, UK; [2]Research Center, Someplace, USA

(It is not necessary to enter these headings in your abstract)
Use standard abbreviations where appropriate. Place special or unusual abbreviations in brackets after the full word the first time it appears. Scientific characters should be written out in plain text (eg alpha, beta, pi). Abstracts will be reproduced exactly as submitted so please check carefully for typing errors.

The form must be completed using plain text. You can type directly into the form, or cut and paste text from a plain text file. You may be able to cut and paste directly from your wordprocessor, but please heed the warning below. Whichever method you use, avoid special characters and formats (eg alpha, beta, pi, micron, symbols, formulae with subscripts and superscripts etc.) - spell these out in words. Check for unwanted end-of-line breaks.

Do NOT use hard returns at the end of lines except to start a new paragraph. Text will automatically wrap to the next line as necessary.

WARNING: If you cut and paste directly from your word processor, the result may contain special characters which, although displaying correctly on your screen, are likely to be lost or corrupted when transferred via the internet. For safety, transfer the text (by cut and paste or via Export/SaveAs Text Only) to a simple text editor (eg Notepad). Now copy and paste the text into the form and check again as above.

Other details:
Complete the fields to indicate whether you wish to give an oral or poster presentation and please indicate if you are an invited speaker.

Check the completed form carefully. Then press Submit. Confirmation of the details you have submitted will appear on the screen. Print this out as your own record. If any characters appear to have become corrupted, please fax a copy of the printout marked up with any corrections to Janet Crompton at +44 (0)1453 548919.
Authors will be contacted in early April 2003.

Submitting more than one abstract?
If you assemble all the abstract details before you start to complete the form, it is possible to submit each abstract in turn without having to retype your name and address details. Submit the first abstract; when this is acknowledged, use the back button to return to the form, which will normally still display the details you have just submitted. Substitute the details of the next abstract and submit again.

Instructions for submitting abstracts online