October 27, 2016 — A U.S. district court has ruled on October 26 that Propel Orthodontics has “disseminated false and misleading advertisements” for its tooth aligners, while granting a preliminary injunction against the company in favor of OrthoAccel Technologies.In the preliminary injunction, Judge Amos Mazzant of the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas enjoined Propel from making specific claims in its advertising of its VPro5 accelerated tooth aligner product. OrthoAccel manufactures a competing product, AcceleDent Aura, and filed a lawsuit in July seeking injunctive relief.
Source: U.S. judge rules against orthodontics firm in ad case DR. BICUSPID