K. BoonsirisethM. M. LattS. KiattavorncharoenV. PairuchvejN. WongsirichatMahidol UniversityInsein General Hospital2020-01-272020-01-272019-01-01International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Vol.48, No.1 (2019), 14113990020090150272-s2.0-85059167433https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/50741© 2018 International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons The article duplicates significant parts of a paper that had already appeared in J Dent Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Jun;16(2):95–102. https://doi.org/10.17245/jdapm.2016.16.2.95. One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication is that authors declare explicitly that the paper has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Re-use of any data should be appropriately cited. As such this article represents a misuse of the scientific publishing system. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.Mahidol UniversityDentistryMedicineRetraction notice to “Dexamethasone injection into the pterygomandibular space in lower third molar surgery” (International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (2017) 46(7) (899–904), (S0901502717313310) (10.1016/j.ijom.2017.02.1266))ErratumSCOPUS10.1016/j.ijom.2018.12.002