About the Saveetha University

Saveetha Institute of Medical And Technical Sciences, SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY (https://www.saveetha.com) is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu state of Southern India. It is the largest Specialist Centre for Education of all disciplines like Medicine, Dental Surgery, Engineering, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Law and Management. Students are drawn from all walks of life, from all sides of India, from all directions of the globe making it the most ethnically diverse learning centres. Students stay here for more than three to six years depending on their learning objectives. The Infrastructure, Programmes, Accreditations and Partnerships further reaffirm the University's leadership position.

About the Journal

International Journal of Orthodontic Rehabilitation, a publication of Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals (https://saveethadental.com), is a peer-reviewed online journal with Quarterly  print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.orthodrehab.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.

The journal intends to publish high quality manuscripts on all aspects in the field of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics from authors across the globe.

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, Netherlands ISSN centre, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data

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

Journal Ethics

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Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

Digital Archiving

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Ahead of Print policy

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While advertisements are crucial to this journal to be able to keep all content free for everyone, ethical considerations are in place to ensure the integrity of the journal and its content:

• "Pop-up" and "banner" ads appear on a random, rotating basis. The advertiser has no control or input over the pages where their ads appear.
• The Editorial Board has full and final approval over the content of all advertisements.
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The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in field of Orthodontics and Orthognathic surgery,Interdisciplinary orthodontic treatment with other of dental specialties like periodontics, prosthodontics, endodontics and pedodontics. Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.

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