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+# Validation Run: Golden Hills Family Dental
+
+**Date:** 2026-08-15
+**Business:** Golden Hills Family Dental
+**Rating:** 5.0 ★ | **Reviews:** 283
+**Engine findings:** 10 | **Material (in report):** 2 | **Rejected FP/low-signal:** 5 | **Needs verification:** 0
+
+## Reviewer dispositions (locked process v1.0 §3)
+
+### Material (survive normalization → in REPORT-final.md)
+
+- **immediate** — Phone number inconsistent across 1 surface(s)  
+  `distinct numbers: 6389012842, 9169390889`
+- **high** — No JSON-LD schema found on website  
+  `no structured data at http://www.goldenhillsfamilydental.net/`
+
+### Needs verification (excluded from report until confirmed)
+
+- none
+
+### Rejected (format false-positives / low-signal / tooling gaps)
+
+- ~~Address inconsistent across 1 surface(s)~~ — same street/city/zip; suite format only (# vs Ste vs Unit)
+- ~~Hours mismatch on 5 day(s) — GBP is authoritative~~ — format only: '8 AM' vs '8:00 AM' — identical after parse
+- ~~Review count varies by 242 across surfaces~~ — low-signal: platforms count reviews differently; not an integrity issue
+- ~~Cannot determine review recency — no dates available in samples~~ — tooling gap: scraper captures no review dates (documented limitation)
+- ~~Category varies across surfaces: cosmetic dentist, health care~~ — low-signal: per-platform taxonomy (Apple 'consumer sector' is its default)
+
+### Enhancement tier (noted, excluded from client report)
+
+- Only 0% of sample reviews mention specific services or practitioners
+- Price level not set on GBP or Apple Maps
+- No Open Graph tags on website
+
+## Pre-delivery consistency gate (v1.0 §6)
+- Count match: executive summary states 2; Findings section contains 2 ✅
+- Evidence present: every cited value exists in findings.json / raw capture ✅
+- Identity match: name, location, and date match intake record ✅
+
+*Generated by normalization pass (review_pass rules). Reviewer: dispositions above are the standing review for this run; re-run before any client use if the raw capture is re-fetched.*