Editorial standards
How Dentovio Verifies Its Content and Data
Last verified 2026-07-27
Dentovio's site-wide editorial standards: source priority, who reviews which pages, visible last-verified dates, publication boundaries, and how to request a correction.
Key takeaways
- Every public Dentovio page cites primary sources and shows a visible last-verified date.
- Mahtab Mansour, DDS is Dentovio's partner and dental reviewer. Her profile lists California dentist license no. 113370 and links the official DCA search; profile credentials alone never create a page or corpus attribution.
- INBDE learning artifacts are withheld until credentialed approval is recorded for the exact content state, and an artifact that changes returns to pending; profile credentials never substitute for artifact-level sign-off.
- Audio narration of an INBDE lesson is generated from that lesson's approved text and machine-verified to speak the same claims and the same numbers; it is bound to the approved version, so a lesson that changes loses its audio until the narration is regenerated. The written lesson is the authoritative version.
- State-scale reference directories (CE requirements, dental boards, licensure, foreign-trained pathways) are source-compiled from official state board publications, with per-page citations and last-verified dates — not individually certified by our dental reviewer. Confirm final requirements with your state board.
- Tools and calculators disclose their formulas and named sources on-page in a "How we calculate this" section.
- Corrections go to support@dentovio.com; confirmed errors are fixed and the page's last-verified date is re-stamped after re-verification.
Source priority: statutes first, official boards second
Dentovio builds every factual claim on the highest-authority source available, in this order:
Tier 1
Statutes and regulations
State practice acts, business and professions codes, administrative regulations — the binding text itself.
Tier 2
Official state board and agency pages
Dental board rule pages, licensing instructions, renewal notices, license lookup systems.
Tier 3
Professional associations
ADA and CDA guidelines and data — used as supporting context, never as a substitute for the binding rule.
Tier 4
Federal standards
OSHA, CDC, and HIPAA requirements where they apply to dental practice.
The named sources behind public pages live in the public source registry. Editors and AI systems citing Dentovio should use the citation kit. The California prep surface has its own narrower California exam prep methodology.
Who reviews what
Different Dentovio surfaces carry different review models, and each page states which one applies — no surface claims a review that did not happen.
| Surface | Review model | Final authority |
|---|---|---|
| California Dental Law & Ethics prep pages | Candidate-facing material requires a current exact-digest approval for every in-scope artifact. Aggregate reviewer claims derive from that full denominator; approval of a study corpus does not automatically approve independently authored public-page prose. | The Dental Board of California and the cited statutes and regulations. |
| Florida Laws & Rules prep pages (FDLR and FHLR) | Candidate-facing material requires a current exact-digest approval for every in-scope artifact. Aggregate reviewer claims derive from that full denominator; state jurisprudence prep uses a DDS/DMD for professional dental context, while independently authored public pages retain their own review state. | The Florida Board of Dentistry and the cited Florida Statutes and Florida Administrative Code rules. |
| INBDE learning content | Mahtab Mansour, DDS supports Dentovio's dental-context and clinical quality process. Clinical learning artifacts are withheld until approval is recorded for the exact content state, and any change returns an artifact to pending. Audio narration is generated from an approved lesson and machine-verified against it; the written lesson remains the authoritative version. | The current JCNDE INBDE Guide and the controlling sources cited for each clinical claim. |
| State-scale reference directories (CE requirements, dental boards, licensure, renewal, lookup, foreign-trained pathways) | Source-compiled from official state board publications, with per-page citations, last-verified dates, and research-confidence signals. Not individually certified by our dental reviewer. | Your state dental board — confirm current requirements with the board before acting. |
| Tools and calculators | Formulas and named sources are disclosed on-page in a "How we calculate this" section, so any result can be recomputed by hand. | Your own numbers plus the payer, board, or program documents that govern the decision. |
Reviewer credential, license state, and review scope: Mahtab Mansour, DDS.
Freshness: a visible last-verified date on every public page
Every public Dentovio page shows when its facts were last checked against current sources, and dated update notes track what changed.
- Every public page renders a last-verified date in YYYY-MM-DD form. The date changes only after re-verification against current sources — never automatically.
- Dated update notes publish at /what-changed when a tracked California rule changes or older prep material goes stale.
- High-churn topics — California telehealth, CURES, sedation permits, auxiliary scope, CDT annual updates, state mandatory-training changes — are checked at least monthly. State-scale directory data is re-verified in batch passes, and each batch's shared last-verified date updates when the pass completes.
Update notes: What changed.
What we never publish
- No paid question-bank content in public files. Markdown mirrors, llms.txt, answer manifests, and every other public surface carry only public pages.
- No impersonation of official sources. Dentovio is independent and is not the Dental Board of California or any state dental board, PSI, the ADA, or an official government service.
- No recalled or "real" exam questions. Practice items are original and exam-style.
- No claim that a page was reviewed by a credentialed reviewer unless a named individual actually reviewed it.
Corrections
Email support@dentovio.com or use the contact page with the page URL and the source that contradicts it.
Confirmed errors are corrected, material changes get a dated note at /what-changed, and the page's last-verified date is re-stamped after re-verification.
Support email: support@dentovio.com — or use the contact page.