Revista Cubana de Estomatología

Need to disseminate studies aimed at solving current dental science problems

Survival of adhesive restorations in cavities prepared with two caries removal techniques

Dental caries and body mass among Peruvian schoolchildren

Salivary cortisol concentrations in institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly people

Head and neck cancer in Brazil

Procedures for initial management of maxillofacial polytrauma and severe maxillofacial trauma

Correlation between third molar mineralization and chronological age by three methods

Low-level laser in orthodontics

Exfoliative cheilitis: differential diagnosis and treatment

Dentigerous cyst in an inverted mandibular third molar

Mandibular extrafollicular adenomatoid odontogenic tumor

A reviewer's guide for management of the Open Journal System in the Cuban Journal of Dentistry

El ejercicio de arbitraje en las revistas científicas consiste en una revisión crítica de artículos científicos que pretende la validación científica de su calidad con vistas a decidir su divulgación a nivel nacional e internacional, y así contribuir al campo de la ciencia que se trate. Los árbitros y editores de las revistas científicas, por consiguiente, despliegan una labor que requiere de preparación integral sistemática, responsabilidad, honestidad y alto grado de altruismo, entre otros valores. Por cuanto, tienen la responsabilidad de dictaminar de manera objetiva y educativa los artículos científicos que evalúan, lo cual generalmente se realiza posterior al cumplimiento de las obligaciones de su perfil ocupacional. El perfeccionamiento de la labor de arbitraje es clave para mejorar las prácticas y la elevación de la calidad de la revista, por lo que se decide confeccionar esta guía para adiestrar a revisores de la Revista Cubana de Estomatología en el manejo del Open Journal System durante proceso de revisión de artículos científicos.

Peer reviewing scientific journals consists in a critical examination of papers seeking scientific validation of their quality for national and international dissemination, thus contributing to the development of the field of science in question. Therefore, the work of peer reviewers and editors in scientific journals requires systematic comprehensive training, responsibility, honesty and a high level of altruism, among other values, for they are in charge of passing objective and educational judgment on the papers evaluated, a task they often perform after fulfilling their occupational obligations. Perfecting peer reviewing is crucial to improve the performance of the journal and raise its quality. This is the reason why it was decided to develop the present guide to train reviewers of the Cuban Journal of Dentistry in the management of the Open Journal System during the process of scientific paper review.

4^th National Meeting to mark World Oral Health Day in Havana, Cuba