On 2017 Feb 06, Ryan Armstrong commented:

I would like to invite the authors to comment on a very critical misstep in their concluding remarks. When comparing the efficacy of two groups/treatments, by failing to reject the null hypothesis it is not acceptable to then accept it. In this case, the authors methodology fails to determine a difference between oil pulling and chorhexidine, but they go on to claim that they are equally efficacious.

If this critical (and misleading) error is not corrected, I would suggest removal of the article and more stringent scrutiny applied to the publisher (who I have contacted some time ago).

On 2017 Feb 06, Ryan Armstrong commented:

I would like to invite the authors to comment on a very critical misstep in their concluding remarks. When comparing the efficacy of two groups/treatments, by failing to reject the null hypothesis it is not acceptable to then accept it. In this case, the authors methodology fails to determine a difference between oil pulling and chorhexidine, but they go on to claim that they are equally efficacious.

If this critical (and misleading) error is not corrected, I would suggest removal of the article and more stringent scrutiny applied to the publisher (who I have contacted some time ago).