Editorial policy

Sources

• Every figure links to its source. If we cannot link to it, we do not publish it.
• Each source is labelled as a regulator or law, an insurer's published plan table, or a price publisher, and the label appears wherever the figure does.
• We do not quote documents that say they are not for publication, even when they are easy to find online. Where an official figure exists only in such a document, we look for a public source that repeats it, or we leave it out.
• Where one publisher gives two different figures for the same thing, we show both and say so.
• Modelled or estimated ranges are described as estimates, never as clinic prices or regulated tariffs.

What we do not write

• Clinic names, rankings, ratings or recommendations.
• Claims about treatment results, lifespans or safety that a source does not make.
• Absolute or superlative language about treatments, of the kind Dubai's advertising standard rules out.
• Before-and-after images, patient photographs or testimonials.

Medical review

The guides cover prices, insurance and regulation, and they avoid clinical advice. They have not yet been reviewed by a licensed dentist. When they are, each guide will show the reviewer's name, licensing authority, licence number and review date. Until then, see the medical disclaimer.

Keeping figures current

Every figure has a checked date and an expiry date. Before each update, one check lists anything expired and another opens every source link and reports dead or redirected pages. Expired or unreachable figures are re-verified at their source or removed. The date a guide's figures were last checked appears at the top of the guide.

Corrections

If you find a figure that is out of date or wrong, we check it at the source and correct the page, and the guide's date changes with it. A contact address for corrections is published on the contact page before the site launches.

Money and independence

The site may show advertising, and the operator offers website services to dental clinics. Neither advertisers nor clients see or approve content before it is published, and neither can buy a mention. The site does not take payment for passing patients to clinics.

More on the sources themselves is in where the numbers come from.