title: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Topical Calendula officinalis L. successfully treated exfoliative cheilitis: a case report.
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.
  
  
  
  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)
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis, São Paulo State University - UNESP, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lúcia Helena Denardi
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Roveroni-Favaretto
authors.forename: Karina Bortolin
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lodi
authors.forename: Janete Dias
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Almeida