Public sources
Articles may cite public sources such as professional associations, public-health agencies, academic reviews, and other reliable references. Public sources should be relevant to the specific claim they support.
Source & review policy
How Oral Compass checks content before it reaches readers.
Oral health information can affect real decisions. Oral Compass uses a deliberate source and review process so pages stay useful, cautious, and transparent.
Private evidence notes
Oral Compass may also maintain private evidence logs and editorial notes during drafting. These notes help track reasoning, source quality, safety concerns, and what should be checked before publication.
Founder approval
Content should not be treated as published simply because a draft exists. Pages move through intake, drafting, review, and explicit approval before they are made public.
Credentialed review
Some topics should receive credentialed review before publication, especially when they involve urgent symptoms, children, trauma, treatment tradeoffs, medication interactions, infection risk, or claims that could materially affect a reader's health choices.
Corrections
Readers may send correction notes to contact@oralcompass.org. Valid corrections should be reviewed promptly and reflected with an update when the published page changes materially.