SmileDirectClub markets, manufactures, and delivers clear plastic dental aligners directly to the consumer: no dental office necessary. This well-known business strategy—cut costs by cutting out the middleman—has in several instances caught the attention of state dental regulators. While the dental boards consider some of SmileDirectClub’s practices to be violative of state dental practice law, the corporation has fought back in federal court, charging dental regulators with antitrust violations and with denying SmileDirectClub its constitutional rights.The Supreme Court, as noted by SmileDirectClub, has insisted that a self-regulating state professional board is not itself the state, so a board’s actions might be subject to federal antitrust law. In the SmileDirectClub cases, however, state regulators have acted as required by state legislatures and as expressed in state dental practice acts. The boards’ activities here are therefore cloaked in the states’ immunity to antitrust litigation and should be treated deferentially by federal courts. Furthermore, judicial review of the substance of every regulation to which SmileDirectClub objects is inappropriate under principles of constitutional law. In the interest of public safety, courts should permit state dental regulators to fulfill their mandates and ensure that all dental providers comply with state health regulations.

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牙齿矫正和利益不一致：法庭上挤满了 SmileDirectClub 诉讼

SmileDirectClub 直接向消费​​者销售、制造和交付透明塑料牙科矫正器：无需牙科诊所。这种众所周知的商业策略——通过省去中间商来降低成本——在一些情况下引起了各州牙科监管机构的注意。虽然牙科委员会认为 SmileDirectClub 的某些做法违反了州牙科执业法，但该公司已在联邦法院进行反击，指控牙科监管机构违反反托拉斯法并剥夺 SmileDirectClub 的宪法权利。最高法院，正如 SmileDirectClub 所指出的那样，坚持认为自我监管的州专业委员会本身并不是州，因此委员会的行为可能会受到联邦反托拉斯法的约束。然而，在 SmileDirectClub 案例中，州监管机构已按照州立法机关的要求和州牙科诊所法案的规定行事。因此，董事会在这里的活动以各州对反托拉斯诉讼的豁免权为幌子，联邦法院应予以尊重。此外，根据宪法原则，对 SmileDirectClub 反对的每项法规的实质内容进行司法审查是不适当的。为了公共安全，法院应允许州牙科监管机构履行其职责，并确保所有牙科服务提供者都遵守州卫生法规。根据宪法原则，对 SmileDirectClub 反对的每项法规的实质内容进行司法审查是不适当的。为了公共安全，法院应允许州牙科监管机构履行其职责，并确保所有牙科服务提供者都遵守州卫生法规。根据宪法原则，对 SmileDirectClub 反对的每项法规的实质内容进行司法审查是不适当的。为了公共安全，法院应允许州牙科监管机构履行其职责，并确保所有牙科服务提供者都遵守州卫生法规。