Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without...
by chrisfinazzo on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:04PM
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Reminds me of the race to the bottom we're also seeing in orthodontics.
Whether like me, you never got the hang of a retainer after braces - or went off braces too soon, in my case - there has been a number of companies trying to get costs down and make the process less expensive and onerous.
Yet, talking to my regular dentist, who has used Invisalign with patients before, it's not the fact that there are more competitors in the field, essentially putting pressure on the DMD's and others to up their game, it's that after the initial consult, the entire process is (largely) unsupervised.
If you don't fit (or tune) something like this properly, it doesn't work.
Whether like me, you never got the hang of a retainer after braces - or went off braces too soon, in my case - there has been a number of companies trying to get costs down and make the process less expensive and onerous.
Yet, talking to my regular dentist, who has used Invisalign with patients before, it's not the fact that there are more competitors in the field, essentially putting pressure on the DMD's and others to up their game, it's that after the initial consult, the entire process is (largely) unsupervised.
If you don't fit (or tune) something like this properly, it doesn't work.