Retraction: The following article from Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, “Rehabilitation of the Atrophic Posterior Maxilla Using Short Implants or Sinus Augmentation with Simultaneous Standard-Length Implant Placement: A 3-Year Randomized Clinical Trial”, by Francesco Pieri, Nicolò Nicoli Aldini, Milena Fini, Claudio Marchetti & Giuseppe Corinaldesi, published online on 15 March 2012 in Wiley Online Library (http://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editors-in-Chief, William Becker and Lars Sennerby, and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The retraction has been agreed due to the failure by the authors to respond to inquiries from the Editors-in-Chief regarding the provenance of the Astra implants prior to their release; approval of the study protocol; where the implants were placed; and the names and location of the patients who received the above implants.

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Francesco Pieri, Nicolò Nicoli Aldini, Milena Fini, Claudio Marchetti, Giuseppe Corinaldesi (2012) Rehabilitation of the atrophic posterior maxilla using short implants or sinus augmentation with simultaneous standard-length implant placement: A 3-year randomized clinical trial. Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8208.2012.00451.x