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Guidelines for Submitting Letters to the Editor
Inscriptions welcomes letters to the editor from AzDA members. Please review these guidelines to help ensure your letter is considered for publication.
Inscriptions
Submission Guidelines
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Email is the preferred method of delivery. Brevity is strongly suggested.
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Letters considered unsuitable for publication may be returned with suggestions for improvement and an invitation to amend and resubmit.
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Letters must include a daytime phone number and be signed, or include your full name when submitted by email.
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The Council considers constructive criticism, personal attacks, factual misrepresentations, redundancy, length, and relevance to AzDA members.
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AzDA/Inscriptions reserves the right to edit letters for length, clarity, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
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Letters submitted with “Do not edit” or similar requests will be rejected. The Editor has final authority to accept or reject a letter.
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The AzDA Council on Communications reviews letters and makes recommendations on suitability for publication.
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AzDA/Inscriptions may publish an “Editor’s Note” alongside accepted letters to support, clarify, or refute comments made.
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Follow these steps before submitting your article
Before submitting your article for consideration, run it through an AI tool such as ChatGPT or Claude to check for promotional language that may result in rejection by AzDA’s Editorial Board.
You do not need a paid plan to use this feature. Copy and paste the prompt below, then attach or link to your article so the AI can run an objective analysis.
Copy and paste this prompt:
I am attaching an article I wrote for consideration in a monthly dental publication. According to the submission guidelines, articles must avoid both explicit and implicit self-promotion.
Please analyze the attached article for any language, claims, examples, descriptions, or calls to action that could be perceived as promotional, sales-oriented, or overly favorable toward me, my practice, my company, my services, my products, or any affiliated organization.
For each instance you identify, please provide:
- The original wording.
- A brief explanation of why it may be perceived as self-promotional.
- Suggested an alternate language that is more neutral, educational, and appropriate for a professional dental publication.
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Ready to submit your letter?
We look forward to hearing your perspective.
