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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Topical Calendula officinalis L. successfully treated exfoliative cheilitis: a case report
Lúcia Helena Denardi Roveroni-Favaretto1, Karina Bortolin Lodi, Janete Dias Almeida
1Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, São Paulo State University - UNESP, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
Authors describe a case of recurrent exfoliative cheilitis that responded to treatment with a standardized topical preparation of Calendula officinalis L. An eighteen-year-old man was referred to UNESP - São Paulo State University, Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, São José dos Campos Dental School to investigate a chronic dry scaling lesion on his lips. The patient's main chief was aesthetic compromising. Corticoid therapy was suspended and Calendula officinalis ointment 10% for ad libitum use has been prescribed. The results presented allow the authors to consider Calendula officinalis L. as a potential therapy in cases of cheilitis exfoliative.
Change History:
The Publisher has retracted this article following concerns regarding image irregularities between figure 1 and 2. The Publisher was not able to obtain a current email address for any of the authors. (4/11/2025)
