The original article titled “Estimation of salivary and serum alkaline phosphatase level as a diagnostic marker in type 2 diabetes mellitus with periodontal health and disease: A clinico biochemical study” published in Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, on pages 445, Volume 22, Issue 3, 2018,[1] is already published in Journal of Dental Excellence, as research article titled “Comparative Estimation of salivary and serum alkaline phosphatase levels in Chronic Periodontitis Patients with or without type-2 Diabetes Mellitus - A Clinico-Biochemical study”, on pages 1-6, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2018.[2] Plagiarism, unethical publication or redundant publication violates the editorial policy of Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, which follows best practice guidelines given by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) mentioned on the Information for Authors and as codified in the signed statements made by the authors regarding the copyright of their work. This article has been retracted as per request made by the Authors, Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board of the journal.
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- 1.De A, Puttannavar R, Rahman F, Adak A, Sahoo R, Prakash BS. Estimation of salivary and serum alkaline phosphatase level as a diagnostic marker in type 2 diabetes mellitus with periodontal health and disease: A clinico biochemical study. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2018;22:445. doi: 10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_212_18. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Retracted]
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