Conference proceedings are the compilation of scientific papers, manuscripts presented in the conferences. They act as documentation of the academic activities happened in the conference. It is available as official literatures, journal supplements, or majorly gray literatures as conference souvenirs. It was available earlier as print copies and off late in electronic copies.
The proceedings are accepted by some universities for promotion and listed as official documentations by many regulatory authorities. A systematic procedure is followed in publishing the proceedings. The submitted scientific presentations are scrutinized by the conference/scientific committee. The selected abstracts are forwarded to the editorial team for final processing. The abstracts are checked for plagiarism and copy edited to the needs of the final print. Since the content shall be available as permanent record, the editorial boards reserves the right in modifying/accept/reject the submitted abstract. This shall mandate all authors to maintain highest standards in abstract submission and in scientific presentations.
The present conference proceedings does not publish the full length manuscripts due to the existing peer reviewed manuscript cycle and excessive pipeline of pending manuscripts. In the event of author submitting the full length paper in future on the abstracts published in the proceedings, the authors are requested to acknowledge the source of abstract/the conference for better appreciation. The published proceedings shall be available in the journal website and in other electronic platforms of Indian Prosthodontic society. Not many dental societies publish official conference proceedings. Unlike many other organizations, an initiative was made to publish the proceedings. Hope this initiative shall aid to redefine the futuristic documentations needs as advised by the regulatory authorities.