I went significantly out of my way to find a dentist in my city who accepted my insurance and worked on Saturdays. I finally found one and have gotten a lot of

I went significantly out of my way to find a dentist in my city who accepted my insurance and worked on Saturdays. I finally found one and have gotten a lot of important dental work done since then without having to take any time off work. The sad thing is that if I hadn't found this dentist I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten the work done. My teeth were in bad shape and needed two crowns (two visits each), two fillings, and I ended up getting four veneers as well (totaling three visits). All that said, I'm extremely skeptical of the approach outlined in the article. It's going to work safely for the majority of patients and probably cause serious harm in a minority where the lack of one-on-one consultation causes significant dental issues to be overlooked (such as periodontal disease). We need more dentists and orthodontists in general to keep costs down, and in particular we need more who practice when patients are most readily available to see them (i.e., not when their patients are themselves at work), but we don't need DIY kits.