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Retraction

RETRACTED: López-Valverde et al. 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

by
Nansi López-Valverde
1,
Jorge Muriel Fernández
1,
Antonio López-Valverde
1,*,
Luis F. Valero Juan
2,
Juan Manuel Ramírez
3,
Javier Flores Fraile
1,
Julio Herrero Payo
1,
Leticia A. Blanco Antona
1,
Bruno Macedo de Sousa
4 and
Manuel Bravo
5
1
Department of Surgery, University of Salamanca, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
2
Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Salamanca, Avda. Alfonso X El Sabio S/N, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
3
Department of Morphological Sciences, University of Cordoba, Avenida Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14071 Cordoba, Spain
4
Institute for Occlusion and Orofacial Pain Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Polo I - Edifício Central Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
5
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Facultad de Odontología, Campus de Cartuja s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(8), 2404; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082404
Submission received: 22 July 2020 / Accepted: 23 July 2020 / Published: 28 July 2020
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.

Reference

  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. RETRACTED: 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. [Google Scholar]

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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. RETRACTED: López-Valverde et al. 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. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 2404. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082404

AMA Style

López-Valverde N, Muriel Fernández J, López-Valverde A, Valero Juan LF, Ramírez JM, Flores Fraile J, Herrero Payo J, Blanco Antona LA, Macedo de Sousa B, Bravo M. RETRACTED: López-Valverde et al. 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. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9(8):2404. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082404

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López-Valverde, Nansi, Jorge Muriel Fernández, Antonio López-Valverde, Luis F. Valero Juan, Juan Manuel Ramírez, Javier Flores Fraile, Julio Herrero Payo, Leticia A. Blanco Antona, Bruno Macedo de Sousa, and Manuel Bravo. 2020. "RETRACTED: López-Valverde et al. 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" Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 8: 2404. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082404

APA Style

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. (2020). RETRACTED: López-Valverde et al. 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. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(8), 2404. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082404

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