{"id":6064,"date":"2026-10-20T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/470-how-a-dentist-grew-a-telehealth-startup-1200-with-dr-maria-kunstadter\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:18:21","slug":"470-how-a-dentist-grew-a-telehealth-startup-1200-with-dr-maria-kunstadter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/es\/470-how-a-dentist-grew-a-telehealth-startup-1200-with-dr-maria-kunstadter\/","title":{"rendered":"470: C\u00f3mo un dentista cre\u00f3 una empresa emergente de telemedicina 1,200% con la Dra. Maria Kunstadter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video: How a Dentist Grew a Telehealth Startup 1,200% with Dr. Maria Kunstadter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cdWORtZMmN4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/e\/c4e8545a\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Resumen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Toothaches are one of the top reasons people end up in the emergency room, where there\u2019s no dentist to treat them.<\/p>\n<p>In this entrepreneur interview, Dr. Maria Kunstadter, dentist and founder of The TeleDentists, shares how a national conference on the opioid crisis sparked the idea for virtual dentists. She also explains how COVID drove 1,200% growth in a single year, and why she\u2019s now taking teledentistry into emergency rooms, rural communities, and countries with only a few hundred dentists. Whether you\u2019re a startup founder in health tech or a healthcare leader working on access to care, this founder story shows what it takes to build in a space that\u2019s been slow to change.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>What you\u2019ll learn:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How teledentistry consultations work<\/li>\n<li>Why toothaches cost ERs nearly $3 billion<\/li>\n<li>The link between oral health and chronic disease<\/li>\n<li>Scaling a telehealth startup across states and countries<\/li>\n<li>Why dentists gain patients, not lose them\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u23f1\ufe0f <strong>Chapters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>0:00 \u201cYou saved my life that day\u201d<\/p>\n<p>0:22 Introduction<\/p>\n<p>0:48 How teledentistry works<\/p>\n<p>2:11 Why toothaches end up in the ER<\/p>\n<p>4:11 COVID and 1,200% growth<\/p>\n<p>5:29 The $3 billion ER toothache problem<\/p>\n<p>6:41 Why dental is separate from medical<\/p>\n<p>7:58 Oral health and chronic disease<\/p>\n<p>9:32 Teledentistry in rural communities<\/p>\n<p>14:08 Health care is cultural: going global<\/p>\n<p>15:48 Why dentistry is slow to innovate<\/p>\n<p>17:45 Scaling telehealth across borders<\/p>\n<p>18:36 When a dental emergency isn\u2019t an emergency<\/p>\n<p>19:30 Why dentists should welcome teledentistry<\/p>\n<p>21:11 Fuel, Northwest Arkansas, and how to connect<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Dr. Maria Kunstadter:<\/strong> Dr. Kunstadter is the CEO and founder of The TeleDentists, a teledentistry platform offering virtual dental consultations, e-prescriptions, and next-step appointment scheduling. She is a member of the Fuel health tech accelerator cohort.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17https:\/\/www.theteledentists.com\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f El podcast Startup Junkies es presentado en parte por RISE, que ayuda a las empresas tecnol\u00f3gicas y startups con base tecnol\u00f3gica de Arkansas a crecer con asesoramiento gratuito, orientaci\u00f3n sobre capital y conexiones con expertos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>El podcast Startup Junkies comparte historias de fundadores y entrevistas con emprendedores cada semana. Suscr\u00edbete para no perderte ning\u00fan episodio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17https:\/\/startupjunkie.org\/<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7 Sigue el podcast Startup Junkies en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLDJDYh7-pd3x4ha7THQ6Y0bRu1P0RsDLj\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5DvdrBGZkf26aFNenMmayC\">Spotify<\/a>, y <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-startup-junkies-podcast\/id1014096501\">P\u00f3dcasts de Apple<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toothaches are one of the top reasons people end up in the emergency room, where there\u2019s no dentist to treat them. In this entrepreneur interview, Dr. Maria Kunstadter, dentist and founder of The TeleDentists, shares how a national conference on the opioid crisis sparked the idea for virtual dentists. 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