# How Dentovio Verifies Its Content and Data

Dentovio's site-wide editorial standards: source priority, who reviews which pages, visible last-verified dates, publication boundaries, and how to request a correction.

Canonical URL: https://dentovio.com/methodology

Last verified: 2026-07-14

## Key takeaways

- Every public Dentovio page cites primary sources and shows a visible last-verified date.
- California Dental Law & Ethics prep pages are reviewed by Mahtab Mansour, DDS, a licensed California dentist whose license is verifiable at search.dca.ca.gov.
- 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

Dentovio builds every factual claim on the highest-authority source available, in this order:

1. **Statutes and regulations** — State practice acts, business and professions codes, administrative regulations — the binding text itself.
2. **Official state board and agency pages** — Dental board rule pages, licensing instructions, renewal notices, license lookup systems.
3. **Professional associations** — ADA and CDA guidelines and data — used as supporting context, never as a substitute for the binding rule.
4. **Federal standards** — OSHA, CDC, and HIPAA requirements where they apply to dental practice.

- [Dentovio public source registry](https://dentovio.com/guide/california-dentistry-law-ethics-exam/source-registry): the named primary, professional, and federal sources behind public pages.
- [Dentovio citation kit](https://dentovio.com/citation-kit): canonical URLs and attribution boundaries for anyone citing Dentovio.
- [California exam prep methodology](https://dentovio.com/guide/california-dentistry-law-ethics-exam/methodology): the narrower methodology page for the California Dental Law & Ethics prep surface.

## Who reviews what

| Surface | Review model | Final authority |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [California Dental Law & Ethics prep pages](https://dentovio.com/guide/california-dentistry-law-ethics-exam) | Reviewed by Mahtab Mansour, DDS, a licensed California dentist, before publication. Her license is verifiable at search.dca.ca.gov and her review scope is listed on her reviewer page. | The Dental Board of California and the cited statutes and regulations. |
| [State-scale reference directories (CE requirements, dental boards, licensure, renewal, lookup, foreign-trained pathways)](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-by-state) | 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](https://dentovio.com/tools) | 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 page: [Mahtab Mansour, DDS](https://dentovio.com/reviewers/mahtab-mansour-dds).

## Freshness

- 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.

## 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.