RETRACTION: Biphasic β-TCP mixed with silicon increases bone formation in critical site defects in rabbit calvaria

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RETRACTION: J. L. Calvo-Guirado, M. Garces, R. A. Delgado-Ruiz, M. P. Ramirez Fernandez, E. Ferres-Amat, G. E. Romanos, “Biphasic β-TCP mixed with silicon increases bone formation in critical site defects in rabbit calvaria”, Clinical Oral Implants Research 26, no. 8 (2015): 891–897, https://doi.org/10.1111/clr.12413

The above article, published online on 26 May 2014 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editor in Chief, Lisa J. A. Heitz-Mayfield; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

The retraction has been agreed due to concerns raised by third parties on the data presented in the article. Several flaws and inconsistencies between results presented and experimental methods described were found. Specifically, Figure 2b has been used in a different context in another publication authored by the same group. Additionally, Figure 3 and Figure 5e appear to derive from the same histological sections depicted in another publication authored by the same group where it is used in a different context. Accordingly, the editors consider the findings of this article unreliable and the conclusions to be invalid. The authors have been informed of the decision to retract the article. The corresponding author J. L. Calvo-Guirado and co-authors M. Garces and R. A. Delgado-Ruiz disagree with the decision of retraction. The remaining co-authors were not available for a final confirmation of the retraction.