I am the Chief Legal Officer and EVP, Business Affairs, for SmileDirectClub (SDC).
I write to you in response to the article that The Journal of the American Dental
Association (JADA) published in its August 2020 issue titled “Direct-to-Consumer Orthodontics:
Surveying the User Experience” (Wexler A, Nagappan A, Beswerchij A, Choi R.
JADA. 2020;151[8]:625-636.E4).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2020.11.008
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- Direct-to-consumer orthodontics: surveying the user experience
The Journal of the American Dental AssociationVol. 151Issue 8
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The rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) orthodontics has caused significant controversy among dentists and orthodontists. However, little is known about the actual harms or benefits experienced by users of at-home teeth aligners.
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The Journal of the American Dental AssociationVol. 152Issue 1
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Ms. Greenspon Rammelt claims that our article in the August 2020 issue makes false and inaccurate statements regarding SmileDirectClub (SDC). But Ms. Greenspon Rammelt is mistaken. In fact, we made a concerted effort—as evident both in our study design and in the manuscript text—to focus not on a single company but rather on the phenomenon of direct-to-consumer (DTC) orthodontics as a whole.
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