'Home teeth alignment services a crooked business'
TNN / Jan 23, 2022, 07:24 (IST)
When 36-year-old HR professional Sujata Mehta (name changed) saw an online ad promising to fix her crooked teeth at her home with transparent aligners, she was hooked. The Pune resident made an online transaction for Rs 55,000, which included a technician's visit to take her teeth impressions and an X-ray scan, and 12 aligners. In Almora in Uttarkhand, 28-year-old Yash Singh (name changed), too, signed up readily. The company promised to hand-hold him throughout the six-month-plus process with regular visits by technicians and online consultation with an orthodontist. "But two months later, when my teeth seemed to be swaying and unsteady, no one came to help me despite several calls," said Singh.