The Designed Edge is an independent, clinician-led publication. Editorial conclusions are not influenced by dental manufacturers, sponsors, or advertisers. Commercial relationships and conflicts of interest are disclosed with each article.
Funding
This publication is self-funded. It carries no advertising, no sponsored content, no affiliate arrangements, and no paid placements. No manufacturer, distributor, laboratory, or software vendor has reviewed, commissioned, or influenced any article published here.
Disclosure on every article
Each evidence-format article carries an identity card stating who prepared it, whether it was externally peer reviewed, and what conflicts and funding apply. Where a conflict exists it is named in that card — not buried in a footnote.
The editor's interests
Ray Besharati, DDS, MS maintains a clinical dental practice in Washington State and is the founder of a dental workforce education company. Neither relationship pays for coverage here, and neither is promoted through this publication beyond a single line on the About page.
If this ever changes
Should The Designed Edge ever accept funding of any kind, that fact will appear on this page and on every article published under it, before the first such article runs.