The authors of a recent published paper [1] in the Journal of Clinical Medicine retract their paper due to the serious flaws in the study design and data presentation. These errors were reported by two readers of the journal. The authors would like to acknowledge both readers pointing out such important mistakes. The authors apologize for not using the final data to conduct the analysis, resulting in unreliable results. The editor-in-chief and academic editors of the Journal of Clinical Medicine have checked this case. The editor-in-chief has approved the retraction. Both readers have been informed about the retraction decision.
The authors apologize to readers of the Journal of Clinical Medicine for any inconvenience this may have caused. MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics and takes the responsibility to uphold strict ethical policies and standards very seriously.
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- 1.López-Valverde N., Muriel Fernández J., López-Valverde A., Valero Juan L.F., Ramírez J.M., Flores Fraile J., Herrero Payo J., Blanco Antona L.A., Macedo de Sousa B., Bravo M. Use of Virtual Reality for the Management of Anxiety and Pain in Dental Treatments: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2020;9:1025. doi: 10.3390/jcm9082404. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]