Who actually provides your dental care?

    Direct answer

    Your care is provided by an independently licensed dentist working in a practice that person or their partners own. That dentist is solely responsible for examining you, diagnosing, recommending treatment, performing it, and following up. 1-800-VENEERS™ is a platform: it introduces you and provides software. Using this site creates no doctor-patient relationship.

    Last reviewed by Dr. James W. Dunnavant, DDS.

    Who is responsible for what
    RoleWho that isResponsible for
    Treating dentistAn independently licensed clinician you selectExam, diagnosis, treatment plan, surgery, follow-up, records
    Dental practiceThe separately owned business the dentist works inScheduling, consent, fees, billing, refunds, record retention
    Dental laboratoryA third-party lab chosen by the practiceFabricating veneers, crowns, and prosthetics to the dentist's prescription
    Surgical facility / ASCA separate licensed facility, when usedFacility care, anesthesia staffing, facility billing
    Technology vendorThird-party device manufacturersDevice design, FDA clearance, training, service
    Matching platform1-800-VENEERS™Education, cost ranges, introductions, provider software

    What a platform is, versus a practice

    A platform publishes information and makes introductions. A practice examines a person, forms a diagnosis, obtains informed consent, performs treatment, and keeps the record. Only a licensed clinician inside a practice can do the second list. Any site that implies otherwise is describing marketing, not care.

    No doctor-patient relationship is created here

    Nothing on this site — including quiz results, cost estimates, simulations, or chat responses — is a diagnosis, a treatment recommendation, or medical advice for any individual. A doctor-patient relationship begins only when a licensed dentist examines you and accepts you as a patient.

    How to confirm who is treating you

    • Ask for the practice's legal business name and the treating dentist's full name.
    • Look up the dentist's license with the state dental board where the practice is located.
    • Look up the dentist's NPI in the federal NPI registry.
    • Confirm in writing which entity will charge you and which entity keeps your records.

    What we cannot confirm

    • We cannot speak to what any individual clinician will recommend for you. Treatment planning is theirs alone.
    • We do not hold your clinical records and cannot produce, correct, or transfer them.

    Sources

    Reviewed by Dr. James W. Dunnavant, DDS on 2026-08-22. Corrections: corrections@1800veneers.com.

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