Guidelines related to scientific research and publication ethics by Higher Education Institutions, ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations, and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) "International Standards for Editors and Authors" should be taken into account.

Plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, redundant publication, dividing research into parts and including people who have no contribution to the research among the authors are unacceptable practices within ethical rules.

a) Plagiarism: Representing someone else's original ideas, methods, data or works as your own work without proper citation in accordance with scientific rules is considered plagiarism. To avoid plagiarism, authors should make citations in accordance with scientific rules and pay attention to referencing all scientific writings included in their research.

b) Data Fabrication: Using non-existent or altered data in scientific research is considered data fabrication. Authors should collect their data in accordance with ethical rules and analyze it without subjecting it to any changes that would affect its validity and reliability during the process.

c) Distortion: Changing the records or data obtained from the research, showing that devices or materials not used in the research were used, changing or shaping research results in line with the interests of supported persons and organizations is considered distortion. Authors should be honest, objective, and transparent in the information they provide related to the research process. They should avoid violating ethical rules.

d) Redundant Publication: Presenting the same publication as separate publications without referencing previous publications is considered redundant publication. The responsibility related to the fact that the publications submitted for evaluation have already been published elsewhere or are in the evaluation process belongs entirely to the authors. Authors should avoid redundancy and strive to submit original and unique research.

e) Dividing Research into Parts: Dividing the results of research into parts in an inappropriate way that would disrupt the integrity of the research and publishing them in multiple publications as separate publications is considered dividing research into parts. Authors should take into account the integrity of the research and avoid sections that would affect the results.

f) Authorship: Including people who have no active contribution among the authors or not including those who have an active contribution, changing the order of authors without reason and in an inappropriate way, removing the names of those who have an active contribution in later editions of the work, including their names among the authors using their influence even though they have no active contribution are considered unethical authorship practices. All authors should be involved in the planning, design, data collection, analysis, evaluation, preparation of the research for publication, and final presentation stages of the research.

g) Ethical Responsibility: The Turkey Clinics Journal of Dental Sciences accepts the principles of the Helsinki Declaration (http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/ index.html) compliance for all studies involving the element of "Human". In the presence of such studies, authors are required to state in the "materials and methods" section of the article that they have conducted the study in accordance with these principles, and have obtained "Informed Consent" from the institution's ethics committees and individuals who participated in the study.

If the element of "Animal" is used in the study, authors must state in the "materials and methods" section of the article that they have protected animal rights in their studies in accordance with the principles of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (www.nap. edu/catalog/5140.html) and have obtained approval from their institution's ethics committees.

In case presentations, "Informed Consent" should be obtained from the patients regardless of the disclosure of their identity.