Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) form a binding agreement between you (“you” or “User”) and DentalEvidence (“DentalEvidence,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) governing your access to and use of the DentalEvidence website, applications, APIs, content, and related services (collectively, the “Service”). By accessing, browsing, registering for, or otherwise using the Service, or by clicking “I Agree,” you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.

The Service is an informational, research, and educational tool only.It is not a medical device, is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, or prevent any disease or condition, and does not provide medical, dental, prescribing, billing, coding, legal, financial, or other professional advice. No content on the Service constitutes a recommendation for any patient, product, material, technique, drug, or course of treatment.

Use of the Service does not create a doctor-patient, dentist-patient, professional-client, or fiduciary relationship between you and DentalEvidence or any of its contributors, employees, agents, or affiliates.

All clinical, prescribing, materials, billing, business, and patient-communication decisions are the sole responsibility of an appropriately licensed professional exercising independent professional judgment, verifying outputs against primary sources, current standards of care, applicable laws, and manufacturer instructions for use.

Portions of the Service use artificial intelligence and large language models to summarize and synthesize third-party literature. AI output may be incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, biased, fabricated (“hallucinated”), or otherwise unreliable. Citations, dosages, contraindications, product specifications, regulatory statuses, recall information, and clinical recommendations may be wrong or out of date.

You must independently verify every output against the primary source, the current product labeling, current regulatory filings, and current clinical guidelines before relying on it for any purpose. You use the Service at your own risk.

The Service is intended for use by licensed dental and medical professionals, dental students under faculty supervision, and other qualified researchers. By using the Service you represent and warrant that you are (a) at least 18 years of age, (b) accessing the Service in a professional or research capacity, and (c) authorized under all applicable laws to access the information provided.

The Service is not directed to patients or consumers seeking medical or dental advice. Patients should consult a qualified licensed clinician for any health concern.

You agree not to:

• use the Service to provide direct patient care without independent professional verification;
• represent AI output as your own professional opinion to patients, insurers, courts, or regulators;
• scrape, reverse-engineer, or attempt to extract the underlying models, prompts, or training data;
• upload protected health information (PHI), personally identifiable patient information, or other confidential data into queries;
• use the Service in violation of HIPAA, GDPR, FDA regulations, state dental practice acts, or any other applicable law;
• interfere with, overload, or disrupt the Service or its security features.

We may suspend or terminate access at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including suspected violation of these Terms.

The Service, including its software, design, text, graphics, and underlying compilations, is owned by DentalEvidence or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Service for your internal professional or research purposes only. Third-party article titles, abstracts, and metadata remain the property of their respective publishers and authors.

The Service indexes and links to peer-reviewed journals, PubMed, FDA databases, manufacturer materials, and other third-party sources. We do not control and are not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, legality, or availability of any third-party content. Inclusion of any product, sponsor, or citation does not constitute endorsement.

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, reliability, currency, and quiet enjoyment. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or that any defect will be corrected.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event shall DentalEvidence, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contributors, sponsors, advertisers, licensors, or service providers be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, patients, malpractice insurance coverage, denied insurance claims, regulatory penalties, or business opportunities, arising out of or related to your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, the Service or any content therein, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, statute, or any other legal theory, and whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

In any event, our aggregate liability arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total fees you paid us in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100).

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless DentalEvidence and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and contributors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or in any way connected with (a) your access to or use of the Service, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of any third-party right (including any patient, intellectual-property, or privacy right), or (d) any clinical, prescribing, materials, billing, or business decision you make that involves the Service.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service shall be resolved exclusively by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, seated in Wilmington, Delaware. You and DentalEvidence each waive the right to a jury trial and to participate in any class, collective, or representative action.

We may modify the Service or these Terms at any time. Material changes will be indicated by updating the “Last updated” date above. Your continued use of the Service after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Questions about these Terms may be sent to legal@dentalevidence.com.