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The mission of 101dentist.com is to provide useful resources to both professional dentists and people seeking dentistry help. On this site you will find useful resources such as dentist news, dentistry guide and articles, discussion forums, dental resources and more!

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If you would like to contact us, please email Sue Wong, our principal editor, by email at:

Disclaimer

The information provided at 101dentist.com is not designed to be diagnostic in nature and is not intended to replace or contradict the advice of a dentist or orthodontist. We urges everyone to seek an individual consultation with his/her health care professional and to maintain regular dental checkups.

This website is a non-commercial website funded by 101Dentist.com.

The principal editor of this site is Sue Wong. Ms. Wong has worked as web editor and Internet writer for many years. Ms. Wong is not a medical professional.

Our dentist directory is a non-commercial directory. Dentists displayed in the directory
do not have to pay us in order to have their names listed on our site.

Privacy Policy

The privacy of our visitors to 101Dentist.com is important to us.

At 101Dentist.com, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit 101Dentist.com, and how we safeguard your information. We never sell your personal information to third parties.

Log Files

As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Cookies and Web Beacons

We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums.

We also use third party advertisements on 101Dentist.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

DoubleClick DART cookies

We also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements). This cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”). The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history (For example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting Las Vegas, you may see Las Vegas hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, such as on a site about hockey). DART uses “non personally identifiable information”. It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers. You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx

You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.

101Dentist.com is committed to protecting the privacy of its users. 101Dentist.com does not sell, trade, or rent e-mail addresses, personal and medical information displayed on our website

101Dentist.com respects the legal requirements, including those concerning medical and personal information privacy, that apply in the country and state of it's location.

Discussion Forum Policy

The views and comments entered in our forums are personal and are not intended as definitive professional advice nor a replacement for it. Please consult a qualified dental professional as the information provided here may not be applicable in your situation.

We always treat our users with honesty and respect. Users of our forum should also respect each other. Argument and debates are fine, but personal attacks are not. Vulgar materials and vulgar languages are not allowed. Your post will be deleted if you will not comply with the requirements. No advertisement please.

Those who cannot be civil will be removed from the list and will not be permitted to post again.

Advertising Policy

To further our mission of making reliable health information available to the public, we accept advertising and sponsorship under strict guidelines. We will refuse any advertisement that we believe is incompatible with our mission. The presence of an ad on our site does not imply endorsement of the advertised company or product. Advertisers and sponsors must not make unsubstantiated health claims or suggest that 101Dentist.com has endorsed a product. No advertisements related to the following are accepted on 101Dentist.com: alcohol, tobacco products, firearms/fireworks, pornography, sweepstakes, gambling, politics, social causes or religion. Advertising is not targeted to individual users but may be placed on the site adjacent to content related to advertiser or sponsor interest.

101Dentist.com maintains a distinct separation between advertising content and editorial content. All advertising content on 101Dentist.com is clearly labeled as an advertisement. Sponsored areas of the site are labeled as such. Advertisers do not have any rights over the editorial content.

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