How the ranges and the directory are built.

Cost ranges

A range is built from three inputs: published US fee data for the procedure, the unit the provider actually sells (implants, abutments, a provisional and a final bridge), and the arithmetic that turns those units into an all-in planning number. The page states the inputs and the exclusions. A range is never a quote.

When the data is thin, the range is widened rather than narrowed. A wide, labelled range is more honest than a false point estimate.

Provider listings

Listings are collected from public business data for a defined set of metro areas. Each record is de-duplicated by name, address and phone. The listing records the provider name, address, phone, website, provider type and the procedures the public listing mentions.

Each listing carries a last_verified date. A listing that cannot be matched to a public business record is not published. We do not invent a clinic, a phone number or a procedure.

City pages

A city page is published only when at least three providers in that city can be matched to a public business record. Below the gate, the page is not built. Each city intro is written for that city and names the provider mix, the planning range and the verification status.

What we do not publish

• Star ratings or review scores presented as clinical quality.
• Before-and-after photos without consent and rights.
• Prices presented as quotes rather than planning ranges.
• Provider rankings or "best of" lists that cannot be defended.
• A clinical reviewer who has not signed off.

Update cycle

Cost pages are rechecked when a fee source changes or a new provider dataset is loaded. City and clinic pages are rechecked when a listing changes, a provider closes or a reader reports an error. The date on the page reflects the last check, not the date the page was first written.

Questions

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