In-dental office screening for diabetes mellitus using gingival crevicular blood: Retraction.

[This retracts the article on p. S161 in vol. 4, PMID: 25625073.].

The article entitled, “In-dental office screening for diabetes mellitus using gingival crevicular blood” which was published in pages S161–S165, Supplement 3, Vol. 4 of Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry[1] is being retracted. It has been found that the text of the article has several overlapping sections with a previously published article entitled, “Screening for diabetes mellitus using gingival crevicular blood with the help of a self-monitoring device”, in pages 37-40, issue 1, Vol. 43 of Journal of Periodontal & Implant Science.[2] Therefore, on the grounds of duplicity of text, the concerned article is being retracted.