CORRECTIONS
The article "An Economic Evaluation of a Chlorhexidine Chip for Treating Chronic Periodontitis: The CHIP (CHlorhexidine In Periodontitis) Study," published in the November issue of JADA, contained some errors.
- – Because of JADA policy (common to scientific journals) that no more than six individual authors can be listed in the byline of any article, 11 of the article’s 17 authors were listed in the acknowledgments. The acknowledgment may not have made it clear that all of these people were, in fact, authors of the article. Following is a complete list of the authors: Curtis J. Henke, Ph.D.; Kathleen F. Villa, M.S.; Mary E. Aichelmann-Reidy, D.D.S.; Gary C. Armitage, D.D.S.; Robert M. Eber, D.D.S., M.S.; Robert J. Genco, D.D.S., Ph.D.; William J. Killoy, D.D.S., M.S.; Dave P. Miller, M.S.; Roy C. Page, D.D.S.; Ph.D.; Alan M. Polson, D.D.S., M.S.; Mark I. Ryder, D.M.D.; Stefanie J. Silva, M.S.; Martha J. Somerman, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Thomas E. Van Dyke, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Larry F. Wolff, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Christopher J. Evans, Ph.D.; Richard D. Finkelman, D.D.S., Ph.D.
- – On page 1559 in the first full paragraph in the second column, the two words "coded and" should have been deleted from the sentence, "We then coded and priced provided services at the average charge for services with the respective CDT-2 codes in our sample to simulate the missing charges." The authors merely priced the provided services but did not code them because a trained dental coder already had done so. The sentence should begin, "We then priced and provided services ... ."
- – In Table 1, the first column ("Characteristic"), the seventh row under the heading was labeled "PAL Severity (Evaluation Center)"; instead, it should have been labeled "PPD Severity (Evaluation Center)." The sixth row describes PAL severity.
- – In Table 5, the first column ("Charge/Service") the row labeled "Periodontal Services, Total" contains a misspelling of "periodontal."
JADA regrets the errors.
The article "Oral Cancer and Its Detection: History-Taking and the Diagnostic Phase of Management," which was written by James Sciubba, D.M.D., Ph.D., and published in the supplement to the November issue of JADA, contained an error. On page 17S, the paragraph at the top of the second column labeled "Chemoluminescent light" should have read as follows: "
A new technology currently used as a cost-effective screening device in the gynecologic setting directs chemoluminescent light over mucosa previously rinsed with dilute acetic acid.31,32 Affected or abnormal mucosa appears as an opaque ‘acetowhite’ alteration that can be studied further by more traditional biopsy techniques. This approach is useful in the field of gynecology for cervical cancer screening; while it may have application within the oral cavity, future study is necessary to determine its accuracy, efficacy and overall utility in this area."
This is the paragraph as originally written and approved by the author, and it is consistent with the statement in the conclusions section that emphasizes "proven diagnostic modalities."
FOOTNOTES
Compiled by Amy E. Lund, editorial coordinator.
