About the Society

International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry (ISPCD) (www.ispcd.org) is a registered association under society registration act in India. ISPCD works with objective particular to researches in dentistry. The scope and work area includes all specialties of dentistry like preventive and community dentistry (dental public health), endodontic, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery (also called oral surgery), orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, periodontology (also called periodontics), pediatric dentistry (also called pedodontics), prosthodontics (also called prosthetic dentistry), oral medicine, special needs dentistry (also called special care dentistry), oral biology, forensic odontology, geriatric dentistry or geriodontics, and preventive and social medicine (public health).

Not-for-profit status and taxation
As per society act in India, the Society is a not-for-profit venture, but not registered under tax free donations. The Society does not receive any donations. The Society’s operations are supported solely by membership fees. The Society does not receive any commercial advertisements or promote any dental products on the Society website. We declare no conflict of interest with any commercial companies or products.

Objectives of ISPCD:

1. To promote general and oral health among people all over the world and especially among developing countries.
2. To provide scientific guidance to the medical and dental fraternity, post-graduate students regarding the advancements in the field of medicine and dentistry with regard to all the preventive and curative treatment modalities.
3. To provide medical and dental health education programs for people and schools.
4. To create a national and international network of doctors and dentists from all the specialties.
5. To promote, assist or conduct research in the field of medical specialties, dental specialties & allied sciences.
6. To publish (print and/or online) articles, related to medicine, dentistry and its implication with health.
7. To provide training and assistance to medical and dental postgraduates.
8. To organize conferences, seminars, symposiums and workshops in medicine, dentistry & allied sciences.
9. To get the ISPCD affiliated to other international organizations and establish International offices in future.
10. To focus on improve the quality of health-care service in country and all over world.

About the Journal

Journal of International Oral Health, a publication of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry, is a peer-reviewed online journal with Bimonthly  print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.jioh.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, National Science Library, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data

The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
Emerging Sources Citation Index, SCOPUS, Web of Science

Impact Factor^® as reported in the 2022 Journal Citation Reports^® (Clarivate Analytics, 2023): 0.7

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Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

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It is a journal aimed for research, scientific facts and details covering all specialties of dentistry with a good determination for exploring and sharing the knowledge in the medical and dental fraternity. The scope is therefore huge covering almost all streams of dentistry - starting from original studies, systematic reviews, narrative reviews, very unique case reports. Our journal appreciates research articles pertaining with advancement of dentistry. Journal scope is not limited to these subjects and is more wider covering all specialities of dentistry follows:

• Preventive and Community Dentistry (Dental Public Health)
• Endodontics 
• Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
• Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (also called Oral Surgery)
• Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics
• Periodontology (also called Periodontics)
• Pediatric Dentistry (also called Pedodontics)
• Prosthodontics (also called Prosthetic Dentistry)
• Oral Medicine 
• Special Needs Dentistry (also called Special Care Dentistry)
• Oral Biology
• Forensic Odontology
• Geriatric Dentistry or Geriodontics
• Implantology
• Laser and Aesthetic Dentistry

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