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Thank you to Sharon Hoffman, DVM, for drawing the authors' attention to the following oversight in Menzies RA, Reiter AM, Lewis JR. Assessment of apical periodontitis in dogs and humans: a review. J Vet Dent 2014; 31: 8–21.
On page 8, paragraph 2 it is incorrectly stated that radicular cysts are not recognized to occur in dogs. The reference provided was published prior to the publication of two confirmed cases of radicular cysts.1,2 Two suspected cases of radicular cysts have also been published.3,4 Radicular cysts and periapical cysts are synonyms; periapical cysts in dogs were briefly elaborated on in the last paragraph of page 9.
Robert A. Menzies, BVSc
1 Verstraete FJ, Zin BP, Kass PH, et al. Clinical signs and histologic findings in dogs with odontogenic cysts: 41 cases (1995–2010). J Am Vet Med Assoc 2011; 239:1470–1476.
2 French SL, Anthony JM. Surgical removal of a radicular odontogenic cyst in a four year-old Dalmatian dog. J Vet Dent 1996; 13:149–151.
3 Beckman BW. Radicular cyst of the premaxilla in a dog. J Vet Dent 2003; 20:213–217.
4 Lommer MJ. Diagnostic imaging in veterinary dental practice. Periapical cyst. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2007; 230:997–999.
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