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Enclosed in this document please find the page proofs and copyright transfer agreement (CTA) for your
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Thank you for your contribution to this journal.

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Manuscript Information:
Journal: European Journal of General Dentistry Dear Author,

Please
Accurecy of Conventional open-tray impression compared to
Manuscript Title:
intraoral digital scan for full arch implant level impression and — read this form carefully,
related factors: Invitro -article review- — check all manuscript information,
— sign this form with your digital
Manuscript Number: 0-0-0 - (659) signature and
— reply directly to the
e-mail with which you
Bayan Theabe received this document
Authors:
Waleed Ali and leave the subject
unchanged.

Thank you very much in advance.

Corresponding authorʼs
Bayan Theabe
contact data:
Master's degree in fixed and removable prosthesis
Dental Science Department,
Faculty of Graduate Studies,
Arab American University-Ramallah campus
Palestine
Email: bay71193@hotmail.com
Corresponding authorʼs Mobile number :00970599032104
e-mail address: bay71193@hotmail.com

Contact at the publishers: Aditi Saxena

E-mail address at
the publishers: aditi.saxena@thieme.in

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Open Access Publishing – Author Information

Open Access (OA) means free reading and use of scientific literature and related content via the Internet.

1. OA Publishing at Thieme
There are two main ways to publish articles and make them freely available to read: “gold” OA and “green.”
Gold OA means that immediately upon publication your article will be made free to read via the Internet with additional
usage rights. In return for this instant and global dissemination and availability of your article, an Article Publication
Charge (APC) is paid either by yourself as the author or by your institution or funding organization.
Green means that 12 months after publication you may self-archive the accepted manuscript. You may not use the final
published version, but you may deposit your publication as the accepted manuscript in institutional online repositories.
Thieme offers authors the choice by providing both gold OA and green options, with the preference for gold OA as it pro-
vides immediate access to the edited, published version of your article with well-defined reuse rights under a sustainable
financial model.

2. General Information — Thieme Open

Thieme is one of the market-leaders for scientific information and services in medicine and chemistry. Since the end of
2013, we have offered authors an OA publication service called Thieme Open, http://open.thieme.com.
This OA service includes rigorous peer-review, professional in-house editorial services, fast publication times, and
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It also includes reference linking and long-term archiving, distribution, including the Digital Object Identifier (DOI), as well
as entry into PubMed Central and indexing in OA-relevant search engines.
Thieme OA authors enjoy the following benefits – you may:
1. Publish under a gold OA model in our suite of gold OA journals or choose from one of our more than 150 classic
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by signing the Copyright Transfer Agreement and Conflict of Interest forms.

2. Be certain that your OA manuscript will enjoy the same high-quality standards of peer-review and superior
production services as you enjoy in all our journals.

3. Post the final published version of your article immediately on any site or repository if published under the gold
CC BY OA option.

4. Deposit the final published version of your article immediately as a PDF on any non-commercial site or repository
if published under the CC BY gold OA option.

5. Be assured that we protect your rights as an author when you publish your article under a
“CC BY-NC-ND license.” Information at: https://creativecommons.org
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6. Be compliant with requirements, mandates, and policies of funders such as NIH, OSTP, Horizon 2020, DFG, and
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7. Be assured that your work will be archived long-term at archiving services such as CLOCKSS or Portico.

8. Be assured that your paper is discovered on major search engines and indexing services such as PubMed Central,
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and Scopus.
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3. Why is Open Access important for you?

OA is an additional publication service among the services and products that are provided by Thieme.
The most important reasons to publish OA are the immediate, global access, and sharing via the citable version of an
article. This means a high visibility leading to a potentially higher usage, more citations, and a higher impact of your article
by extended search ability and discoverability. Your article quickly gains wide scientific impact. These play an increasing
role if you, your project, and the publication of your results and data are publicly funded. Please find a glossary of
bibliometrics at: http://www.bibliothek.kit.edu/cms/english/bibliometrics-glossary.php
Maintaining a high-level quality standard by undergoing a rigorous peer-review process by international and leading
specialists, Thieme OA articles are published quickly and may include multi-media enhancements. Furthermore, your
OA publication meets relevant funder mandates, requirements, and policies.
The advantages of publishing OA in summary:

Available
for everybody

Comply with
funding requirements Higher visibility
and citations

Rapid online publication

Higher impact
and readership

Retain copyright
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4. What does this mean for you?

What you should be considering before the transfer of your copy- and usage rights:
Your position as the copyright holder
As copyright holder you own exclusive rights on usage and re-usage of your work by third parties. The type and level of
protection of copyrights and licenses vary between countries.
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The Rights Transfer — your rights as an author

When you decide to publish with Thieme, we kindly ask you to assign your copyright to us as your publisher.
OA licenses permit the copyright owner and holder to grant and impose conditions on the reuse of the content. By using a
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parts of your copyright and agree to the dissemination of your content to third parties free of charge.
Please find below further information about the CC licenses and their acceptance by authors:
On the CC website: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/Considerations_for_licensors_and_licensees
About the acceptance by authors: Scholarlykitchen-acceptance authors-licenses
CC BY-NC-ND license license enjoys the highest acceptance among authors, the CC BY license the lowest.

5. CC BY-NC-ND
To abide by and fully comply with our responsibility as publisher of your scientific work and record, Thieme publishes
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CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives)

Users may share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format under the following conditions:
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User may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses the user or her/his
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Noncommercial — user may not use the material for commercial purposes.

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No additional restrictions — user may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others
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Thieme’s default license is CC BY-NC-ND. However, in case of a funder requiring it, you as the
author may select another license and we will arrange your publication accordingly.
Please find the relevant information on the submission page of the journal of your choice, as well as on our
Copyright Transfer Agreements.
Should you have any questions or would like more information, please visit our Open Access page:
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Or contact us: the editorial team of your journal

or

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Activating the comment function

Acrobat Pro: 1.
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Function: Inserting text at the cursor location 2.

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Function: Replacing text 2.

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3.

Function: Crossing out (Deleting) text

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How to Set Up a Digital Signature in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat

Please note: depending on the version of the Adobe program, the depiction of the dialog boxes and the wording can vary.
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To begin the digital ID setup process simply click in the appropriate signature field. Select “Configure Digital ID”.

In the following dialog box, please select “Create a new Digital ID” and click Continue.
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Specify where you are going to store the digital ID – select “Save to File” and click Continue.

Type in your personal information (name, organization unit, organization name and email address, country) in all fields and
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