How accurate is information about the diagnosis and management of temporomandibular disorders on dentist websites?—a commentary

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I congratulate Desai et al.1Desai B. Alkandari N. Laskin D.M. How accurate is information about diagnosis and management of temporomandibular disorders on dentist websites?.Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2016 May 12; PubMed Google Scholar on their unique work pertaining to the content analysis of dentist websites. The article is very informative and helps dentists understand their patients. I have a few queries regarding the data analysis reported in the article. I request the authors to clarify the following:1.Table I presented an analysis using Fisher's exact test, but it was a 2 × 5 table.2.The P value in Table I is not accurate.3.P values presented in Tables II and III reflect Chi-squared test P values, but the authors have reported them to be values from Fisher's exact test. Reply to: how accurate is information about the diagnosis and management of temporomandibular disorders on dentist websites?—a commentaryOral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral RadiologyVol. 122Issue 5PreviewWe would like to thank the commenter for his comments on our article “How accurate is information about the diagnosis and management of temporomandibular disorders on dentist websites?”1 With regard to our use of Fisher's exact test for the data presented in Table I, a generalization of this test has been developed for tables greater than 2 × 2, and this was used for the analysis. The P value in Table I was rechecked using two software programs, and the same result as published was obtained. The comment regarding Tables II and III is correct. Full-Text PDF