Dentistry
Direct-to-consumer aligners are clearly filling a niche, but one that makes some health care experts uncomfortable.
Cosmetic dentistry exists to fix “imperfections” like gap teeth, but dentists also say some patients come in looking to add some space, too.
‘They can be swarmed to work like a Roomba, you can program them to move in specific movements and locomotion to create scrubbing.’
‘They have this picture in their head that they’re going to end up looking like a Brad Pitt.’
Delta Dental is facing mounting criticism for exorbitant expenses like trips to Barbados while receiving significant state and federal tax breaks because of its nonprofit status.
‘I don’t believe this whitening stuff.’
The wrinkle-fighter might be the secret ingredient to alleviating this stress-induced dental condition.