60th Annual ORCA Congress 2013

s must be submitted via the ORCA website, not via e-mail. Log on to www.orca-caries-research.org and follow the links. The abstract and supplementary material (see below) should be submitted by the end of 14 January, 2013. Presenters will be asked for the following items: (1) Surnames and initials of the presenting author, corresponding author and other authors. (2) The e-mail address of the corresponding author. (3) Brief affiliations of authors (institute, city, country only). (4) Title of abstract. This should be 15 words or less. (5) Text of abstract. This should state the aim of the work, the experimental approach, the main results, and the conclusions. The results should include key numerical and statistical data, but do not attempt to report data exhaustively. The conclusions should be explicit. Vague expressions such as ‘the results will be discussed’ could result in rejection of the abstract. The text should not exceed 280 words. Include references only when they are absolutely essential and follow an abbreviated Caries Research format, but omitting the authors’ initials and the title, and using ‘et al.’ for multiple-author works. Example: [Main et al.: J Oral Rehab 1983; 10: 307–313]. Tables, photographs, graphs or diagrams are not allowed. (6) Acknowledgement of sources of funding. (7) A 25-word summary of the abstract. This should not reiterate the aim of the study but should summarize the conclusion. (8) One or two of the following key phrases, which are required to assist programming: clinical studies; deand re-mineralization; dental plaque; diagnostics; diet; epidemiology; erosion; fluoride; hard tissues; microbiology; pulp-dentinal reactions; caries risk assessment; saliva and pellicle . ORCA Junior Scientist Award The ORCA Junior Scientist Award, inaugurated in 2007 as the Young Investigator’s Award, is intended to encourage young researchers. The prize winner receives a certificate and is entitled to receive reimbursement of the congress fees of a future ORCA Congress. Applicants for the ORCA Junior Scientist Award must present a poster at an ORCA Congress and have to fulfil the following criteria: (1) have not more than 5 international publications identified in Medline on the day of the deadline for abstract submission for the next ORCA Congress; (2) be aged 35 or under on the last day of the ORCA Congress; (3) be present on the closing ceremony of the ORCA Congress; (4) not be a previous winner of the ORCA Young Investigator’s Award or Junior Scientist Award. Presenters enter the competition by ticking the appropriate box when submitting their abstract via the online submission system. The Yngve Ericsson Prize in Preventive Odontology The Swedish Patent Revenue Fund for Research in Preventive Odontology was established in 1963. Among several activities to support research in this field, the Fund every third year awards a major international prize named in honor of its founder and major donator, Prof. Yngve Ericsson, one of the founders of ORCA. The recipient should be an eminent researcher in the field of preventive odontology. The Prize was instituted in 1986 in collaboration with the Swedish Medical Research Council. The following researchers have received the Yngve Ericsson Prize: Harold Hodge and Finn Brudevold (1988); Gunnar Rølla and Arje Scheinin (1991); Bo Krasse and Jan Lindhe (1994); William Bowen and Thomas Marthaler (1997); Bob ten Cate and Sigmund Socransky (2000); John Featherstone and Ole Fejerskov (2003); Adrian Lussi and Jorma Tenovuo (2006); Jaime A. Cury and Hannu Hausen (2010). From the year 2010 the Prize is to be awarded in collaboration with ORCA, the European Organization for Caries Research. The next Prize will thus be presented to the awardee(s) at the ORCA Congress in Liverpool, UK, in July 2013.