Editorial Policy & Standards

EndoGuide is written and reviewed by one person: Uzm. Dt. Levent Yüksel, a dentist (DDS) with postgraduate specialization in endodontics, practising in Türkiye. There is no separate editorial board, and no second clinician signs off on a page before it is published. We say so plainly, because wording that implies a review committee would not survive being asked about.

What stands in place of a second reader is traceability. Clinical pages cite primary sources with links — the exception is the fundamentals series (anaesthesia, isolation, imaging, restoration after treatment), written in the hedged clinical voice without a citation apparatus by editorial decision. Specification values are traceable to the manufacturer document named on the page; quantitative claims that cannot be verified against a primary source are not published; and every page carries the date it was last reviewed, next to the name of the person responsible for it.

Corrections are therefore the accountability mechanism rather than a formality. A reported error is checked against the primary source and fixed, and the page's review date moves when it is.

Manufacturer Directions For Use (DFU/IFU) are the primary source for file-system specifications such as sequence, taper, speed, and torque.

American Association of Endodontists (AAE) and European Society of Endodontology (ESE) guidelines provide the clinical framework and terminology.

Peer-reviewed literature from PubMed and endodontic society journals supplements manufacturer data with independent findings. Where published evidence is limited, this is stated explicitly.

Clinical pages cite primary sources — guidelines, peer-reviewed studies, and official documents — with links where available.

Quantitative claims are attributed to a named source. Figures that cannot be verified against a primary source are not published.

Clinical recommendations use measured, non-absolute language and are intended to support, not replace, individual clinical judgment.

System protocol pages carry a revision date indicating when the protocol was last verified against the current DFU. Clinical guides display a last-reviewed date.

Content is updated when manufacturer instructions change, when AAE/ESE guidance is revised, or when significant new evidence is published.

EndoGuide accepts no manufacturer sponsorship of its content, no advertising, and no affiliate commissions. Manufacturers supply documentation — instructions for use, specification sheets, product images — and correct factual errors in their own published specifications, which is recorded in the IFU change log. No manufacturer reviews or approves a page, and none has editorial input into what it says.

No manufacturer reviews, approves, or has editorial input into EndoGuide text, and no manufacturer pays for placement or ranking. EndoGuide rankings and comparisons are not licensed for use in manufacturer promotion.

Neutrality is structural rather than editorial. Every system in the recommendation engine starts from the same base score, every adjustment is tied to an answer the reader gave, and the displayed order is a single sort on that score. No brand is given a preference, and automated tests in both the website and the app codebases fail if one ever is.

Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used solely for educational identification.

If you notice an error or an outdated recommendation, please report it so it can be verified and corrected. Confirmed corrections are applied promptly.

Drafting, translation, and formatting may be supported by software tools, but clinical content is authored and verified by the endodontist named above. Tools are not used to generate clinical recommendations or citations without human review.