Terms of Use
Users of the Greater Clevland Dental Society website are subject to these Terms of Use, plus any additional terms and conditions posted at specific portions of the site. The Greater Clevland Dental Society is a dynamic Web site, and changes are made regularly. All information is current as of its first appearance on this site or when last modified. Unless otherwise indicated, all items on the Greater Clevland Dental Society are protected by copyright of the American Dental Association. This copyright extends to text and graphics, the selection, arrangement and presentation of all materials, and the overall design of the site. Reproduction or republication is strictly prohibited without prior written permission, unless and to the extent specific items posted on the Greater Clevland Dental Society indicate otherwise. Greater Cleveland Dental Society Logo is a registered trademark of the Greater Cleveland Dental Society and the Greater Clevland Dental Society website is a service mark of the Greater Cleveland Dental Society. Reproduction or republication of these marks is strictly prohibited without prior written permission.
Links may be made to the Greater Clevland Dental Society provided the links do not use the trademarks or service marks of the American Dental Association or its affiliated entities. Links to the Greater Clevland Dental Society may not suggest or imply that Greater Cleveland Dental Society or its affiliates endorse or support the linking site, its sponsors and/or its advertisers, unless prior written permission to indicate any such endorsement or support has been granted. Framing of the Greater Clevland Dental Society or any of its content is strictly prohibited.
The Greater Clevland Dental Society is provided “as is.” Neither the Greater Cleveland Dental Society nor its affiliated entities make any representations or warranties, of any kind or any nature, whether express or implied, created by law, contract or otherwise, including, without limitation, any representations or warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement.
In no event shall Greater Cleveland Dental Society or its affiliated entities be liable for any damages of any kind or nature, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, special, consequential or incidental damages or loss of profits arising from, or in connection with, the existence, operation or use of reliance on this site, regardless of whether Greater Cleveland Dental Society has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
The material contained on the Greater Clevland Dental Society is offered as information only and not as practice, financial, accounting, legal or other professional advice. Users need to consult their own professional advisors for such advice.
Information on the Greater Clevland Dental Society provided as assistance for users making clinical decisions regarding the clinical care of their patients cannot substitute for the individual judgment brought to each clinical situation by the patient's dentist. As with all clinical reference resources, they reflect what the Greater Cleveland Dental Society believed to be the science of dentistry at the time of their development, but they should be used with the clear understanding that continued research may result in new knowledge or recommendations.
The Greater Cleveland Dental Society does not necessarily endorse the non-Greater Cleveland Dental Society resources that may appear or otherwise be referenced on the Greater Clevland Dental Society, and makes no representation or warranties about the products or services they may provide.
Some portions of the Greater Clevland Dental Society are published by separate organizations or entities, such as Greater Cleveland Dental Society Business Enterprises, Inc.; those entities are solely responsible for their own content. Statements appearing in those portions of the Greater Clevland Dental Society are not necessarily endorsed by the American Dental Association or any of its subsidiaries, councils, commissions or agencies.
By linking to other Web sites, the Greater Cleveland Dental Society does not endorse the policies or practices of, or opinions expressed on, those sites, nor does the Greater Cleveland Dental Society make any representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy of any items or claims contained therein.
Business decisions, including decisions about method of practice, are personal choices to be made by individual dentists. The Greater Cleveland Dental Society does not, via the Greater Clevland Dental Society or otherwise, encourage dentists to make any particular business decision on issues addressed herein, including with respect to whether and how to participate in managed care plans. Moreover, the Greater Cleveland Dental Society discourages dentists from taking any unlawful collective action, including but not limited to price fixing or boycotts.
If you believe any content appearing on the Greater Clevland Dental Society may infringe your copyright please send a written notification via email or post to the Greater Cleveland Dental Society’s Legal Division:
The Greater Cleveland Dental Society
4807 Rockside Road Suite 270
Independence, OH 44147
PH: (440) 717-1891
FX: (440) 717-1894
GCDS@gcds.org
In order to be effective, the notice must substantially include the following information:
A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive copyright that is allegedly infringed;
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or alleged to be the subject of infringing activity and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material. Providing URLs in the body of an email is the best way to help us locate content quickly;
Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and,
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Please also note that the information provided in this legal notice may be forwarded to the person who provided the allegedly infringing content.
We may give notice to our users and content contributors by means of a general notice or via electronic mail. If you receive such a notice concerning a copyright issue you may provide counter-notification in writing to the Greater Cleveland Dental Society Legal Division that includes the following information:
Your physical or electronic signature;
Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
A statement from you, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
Your name, physical address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of a Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your physical address is located, or if your physical address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which we may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of allegedly infringing material or an agent of such person.
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without giving effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof. All claims, actions, proceedings, and disputes arising out of this Agreement shall be commenced exclusively in the federal and/or state courts sitting in Cuyahoga, Ohio and all parties consent to personal jurisdiction in Ohio.
