Prognosis
Getting Your Teeth Straightened at a Strip Mall? Doctors Have a Warning
SmileDirectClub and its rivals offer less-expensive dental work without visiting a doctor’s office. Is it safe?
It’s easier than ever to get straighter teeth. Orthodontists think that’s a big problem.
Where metal braces installed in a doctor’s office were once the only way to correct misaligned teeth, a new method that uses removable clear aligners can eliminate a visit to an orthodontist and save patients thousands of dollars. That’s what led Deniece Hudson, who always dreamed of having straighter teeth, to a startup called SmileDirectClub.