Seems the recession is taking a bit out of the dental business for more and more people simply cannot afford to continue with current treatment programs. Private practices are reporting a noticeable decline in patients seeking cosmetic dentistry options with most patients only with emergency and immediate needs. Seems the whole economy is dragging all aspects of businesses down though dentists are managing to keep their clientele, they rather tend to hold back till the last minute for consultations and treatments.
This raises concerns that more and more Americans are going to have to live with bad teeth that has been improving more and more for the past few years. Healthy smiles make healthy people and with the economy giving no indications of improving soon, people are going to have to continue frowning with crooked smiles till it recovers again hopefully sometime soon.