Target·RCM

Smile Brands Inc.

Irvine, United Statessmilebrands.com1expert edge

Smile Brands Inc. is one of the largest U.S. dental support organizations, providing business, marketing, and administrative support to 600+ affiliated dental offices and 2,200+ dentists across 29 states under 75+ local brands including Bright Now! Dental, Monarch Dental, and Castle Dental. Founded in 1998 and acquired by Gryphon Investors in 2016, it has grown through both de novo openings and platform acquisitions such as Midwest Dental.

Why interesting to a deal team

Sponsor-backed DSO platform of scale, the canonical multi-site dental roll-up. Houlihan Lokey advised on the Gryphon transaction, so Francis offers direct diligence reference points on DSO revenue-cycle economics, payer mix, affiliate agreement structures, and de novo versus acquisition-led growth.

Experts connected to this company

Mark FrancisAdvised dental support organization on transaction

Mark Francis

Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Healthcare

Houlihan Lokey

BankerDallas

Runs Houlihan Lokey's global healthcare banking franchise; 200+ closed deals including RCM platforms XIFIN and ABILITY Network give him first-look visibility into revenue cycle sell-side processes.

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smilebrands.com

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