Abstract Resources

If you intend to present your research at a meeting, please email Tiffany Smith and let her know before you submit your abstract so she can track your research presentation.

Before starting to work on your abstract make sure you have read through the meeting’s abstract guidelines.  The information below is standard guidance on how to write an abstract however, it will be most helpful to people submitting to ADEA or the AADR/IADR meetings.

Writing an Abstract Helpful Links:

• How to write an abstract
• ADEA Abstract Checklist
• AADR/IADR Abstract Checklist
• Lunch and Learn – How to write the perfect abstract (Video) (Slides)
• Examples of award winning abstracts
  • ADEA 
  • AADR/IADR
• Lunch and Learn – Authorship and Plagiarism (Guidelines) (Handouts) (Slides)
• Hirsh Health Sciences Library – Writing Consultants
• Tufts Identity Standards – For questions about logo and color
• How to cite your AADR/IADR Abstract
• Look at our Bates Andrews booklet for examples of past abstracts
• Hirsh Library Writing Consultants

IADR/AADR Abstract Submission Forms

• Call for Abstracts
• 411 Rapid Research Competition (Description) (Questionnaire)
• AADR Hatton Competition (Description) (Questionnaire)
• IADR Abstract Submission Form
• IADR Abstract Checklist
• Video Tutorial on “How to Submit your IADR Abstract

Writing a Publication:

• Article on How to write your first Research Paper
• Article on Avoiding manuscript mistakes
• Tufts Identity Standards – For questions about logo and color
• Be sure to consult the TUSDM Photo Policy

Creating a Poster/Oral Presentation:

• How to Design a Poster for Presentation
• Poster Templates
  • Horizontal 1:2 ratio poster – This template can be used to create a horizontal 2’h x 4’w or 3’h x 6’w poster
  • Horizontal Poster Presentation Template – Bates Day dimensions
  • Vertical 2:1 ratio poster – This template can be used to create a vertical 4’h x 2’w or 6’h x 3’w poster
  • Vertical Poster Presentation Template IADR (2.5’x4′)
• Oral Presentation Templates
  • Template One
  • Template Two
• Tufts Identity Standards – For questions about logo and color
• Be sure to consult the TUSDM Photo Policy
• A great place to print your poster is at www.posternerd.com, use your tufts email to order and get 10% off when you enter the promo code TUFTS at checkout.

Presentation Opportunities

• American Association for Dental Research (AADR)/International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
• American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
• The American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ACOMS)
• The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS)
• Yankee Dental Conference
• American Dental Association (ADA) Annual Meeting
• Hinman Student Research Symposium
• Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting
• Charleton Lecture and Poster Competition – for specific information email Eileen Doherty

ClinicalTrials.gov Posting Requirements and Regulations:

As of January 18, 2017, ClinicalTrials.gov registration is required for trials that meet the Final Rule definition of an Applicable Clinical Trials (ACTs) include the following:

• Study type= Interventional;

Note: If the study is a pediatric postmarket surveillance of a device product, it meets the definition of an applicable device clinical trial

• Studies a FDA regulated drug or device product;
• Study phase ≠ Phase 1 (drug and biological products);
• Primary purpose ≠ device feasibility (device products); and
• Any of the following apply:
  • Facility location= US (or US territory);
  • Has US FDA IND or IDE number; or
  • Product is manufactured in and exported from the US

Many journals also require clinical trials to be posted on ClincialTrials.gov, regardless of federal reporting requirements. When initiating a study, please consider what publication you may want to submit results to, in order to ensure this potential requirement is met.

Reporting Requirements for Applicable Clinical Trials:

• Must be registered on ClinicalTrials.gov no later than 21 days after enrollment of the 1st participant
• Study record must be updated on ClinicalTrials.gov at least once every 12 months
  • Changes in recruitment status or primary completion date must be updated within 30 days
• Summary results (including AE information) must be submitted no later than 1 year after the study’s primary completion date

In addition, if a study will be registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, this must be disclosed in the Informed Consent Form (ICF) for the study.

For any questions, please contact Ann-Marie.Billig@tufts.edu, who can assist with submitting your study to https://clinicaltrials.gov/ under the TUSDM account and setting you up with a username and password.

If you intend to present your research at a meeting, please email Tiffany Smith and let her know before you submit your abstract so she can track your research presentation.