Methodology

Methodology

How clinic, market, treatment, policy, and reference content is researched, scored, and reviewed.

The Maloney Review publishes its review methodology before it publishes its reviews. Each content type below has a dedicated methodology page describing inputs, evidence standards, and scoring criteria.

  • The clinical-standards framework: the five-category framework applied to every clinic review, with scoring bands, conflict-of-interest policy, and re-review cadence
  • Treatment option reviews methodology: evidence standards, peer-reviewed sourcing, specialist consensus
  • The Dental Access Score: the five government-data inputs, the weighting and formula, and the data-sufficiency gate behind the geographic access pages; an editorial index, not a government rating
  • Market reviews: research inputs, expert interviews, on-site visits (forthcoming)
  • Reference content: update cadence and source rules (forthcoming)
  1. 18 Jun 2026

    Methodology

    The Dental Access Score: methodology, weights, and limitations

    The Dental Access Score is an editorial index, not a government rating. This page publishes the exact formula, the five inputs, the weights, and the data-sufficiency gate before any area is scored, so the score is …

    Dr. Rita Maloney

  2. 6 May 2026

    Methodology

    The Maloney Review clinical-standards framework

    The five-category framework the publication applies to every clinic review, written down in full so a reader can predict the score. Pass / Concern / Fail per category. A single Fail in Category 1 or Category 2 is …

    Dr. Rita Maloney