How We Create & Review Dental Information

Dental information on the internet ranges from excellent to dangerous, and it is often hard to tell which is which. We want you to know exactly how the pages on this site are produced so you can judge how much weight to give them.

The short version: pages are drafted by people who write about dentistry for a living, built from reputable clinical sources, and reviewed by Dr. Payam Zohdi, DDS, the dentist who owns and practises at Cleburne Dental, before they are published. They are general education. They are not a diagnosis, and they are not a substitute for the instructions you receive about your own care.

What this information is for

The guides in our patient resources and service sections are written to help you understand the vocabulary, know which questions to ask, and recognise which symptoms need prompt attention. A well-informed patient has a better appointment and makes better decisions.

What they cannot do is tell you what is happening in your mouth. A treatment that suits most people may be wrong for you because of your health history, medications, anatomy or the findings on your X-rays. When a guide and your dentist's advice disagree, follow your dentist, and ask why they differ.

How a page is written

1. Topic and purpose. We choose topics patients actually ask about: how to decide between two treatments, what a symptom means, what recovery involves, what drives cost.
2. Research. Clinical statements are drawn from professional and public-health bodies such as the American Dental Association, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, the FDA and the CDC, and from peer-reviewed literature. Sources are listed at the end of each page.
3. Drafting. Pages are written in plain language by writers and editors who work with dental practices. Writing and editing tools, including AI-assisted drafting software, may be used to prepare and organise drafts. Every sentence that is published has been read and approved by a person.
4. Clinical review. Dr. Zohdi reads each clinical page before it goes live and asks for changes where a statement is too broad, out of date or does not reflect how care is actually delivered here. Pages describing office procedures (insurance, payment, scheduling) are checked against the practice's real workflow.
5. Updates. When guidance changes, a product is withdrawn, or a service is added or discontinued, affected pages are revised and re-reviewed rather than left to drift.

What we will not do

• We do not quote prices, success rates or statistics that we cannot source. Where a page discusses cost, it explains what affects the fee rather than inventing a number.
• We do not publish patient stories, testimonials or before-and-after photographs without the patient's written permission. Stock photographs and illustrations are used for general images and are never presented as patients of this practice.
• We do not attach a reviewer's name or a review date to a page unless that review actually happened on that date.
• We do not write content designed to frighten you into treatment. Where a condition can be serious, we say so plainly and tell you when to seek emergency care.
• We do not accept payment from manufacturers or other companies for what appears on these pages. When a brand or product is named, it is because the practice uses it or because the comparison is useful to patients.

Citing a source is not an endorsement

Listing a source means the statement it supports can be checked there. It does not mean the organisation endorses this practice, and it does not mean the source agrees with every other statement on the page.

Images and illustrations

Diagrams on this site are educational illustrations and are labelled as such in their captions. They simplify anatomy on purpose and are not drawn to scale. Photographs of the office are of our Cleburne practice unless the caption says otherwise.

Corrections and feedback

If you find an error, an outdated statement or something that is unclear, please tell us through the contact page or by calling (817) 641-6261. Corrections of fact are made as soon as they are confirmed. We would much rather hear about a mistake than leave it online.

Your own care comes first

Bring questions to Dr. Zohdi, particularly before surgery or any irreversible restorative work. For urgent symptoms, use the emergency dental care guidance and seek timely care rather than waiting on a website. For life-threatening signs such as difficulty breathing or swallowing, go to the nearest emergency room or call 911.

This policy applies to every page on cleburnedentist.co. You can read about the practice on the About page and about how your information is handled in our privacy policy.