Terms of Service

Terms of Service for Dentume.com

Effective Date: 7/30/24

Welcome to www.dentume.com (“Dentume” or the “Website”). These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of Dentume, a platform designed to connect dental professionals and promote good practices in the dental industry. By accessing or using Dentume, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use the Website.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Dentume, you affirm that you are a licensed dental professional and agree to be bound by these Terms.

2. Use of the Website

2.1 Eligibility

You must be a licensed dental professional to use Dentume. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are a licensed dental professional in good standing.

2.2 Account Registration

To access certain features of Dentume, you may be required to create an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information as necessary. You are responsible for safeguarding your password and for all activities that occur under your account.

2.3 Professional Conduct

You agree to use Dentume in a manner consistent with good dental practice and professional ethics. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

•   Maintaining patient confidentiality and adhering to all applicable privacy laws.
•   Providing accurate and truthful information in all communications and interactions.
•   Refraining from any conduct that could harm the reputation of the dental profession.

2.4 Prohibited Activities

You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities:

•   Using the Website for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.
•   Posting or transmitting any content that is false, misleading, defamatory, or otherwise harmful.
•   Interfering with or disrupting the operation of the Website or the servers or networks used to make the Website available.
•   Attempting to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Website, including other users’ accounts.

3. Content

3.1 User-Generated Content

Dentume allows users to post, share, and transmit content, including but not limited to text, images, and videos (“User Content”). By posting User Content on the Website, you grant Dentume a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Content in connection with the Website and Dentume’s (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business.

3.2 Content Standards

All User Content must comply with the following standards:

•   Be accurate and not misleading.
•   Not contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
•   Not infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property rights of any other person.

4. Intellectual Property

4.1 Ownership

The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by Dentume, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

4.2 Limited License

Dentume grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Website for your personal and professional use in accordance with these Terms.

5. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

5.1 Disclaimer of Warranties

Dentume is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Dentume disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

5.2 Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Dentume, its affiliates, directors, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your use or inability to use the Website; (ii) any unauthorized access to or use of our servers and/or any personal information stored therein; (iii) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Website; (iv) any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through the Website by any third party; (v) any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available through the Website; and/or (vi) the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any third party.

6. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Dentume, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers.

Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://dentume.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.