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21 BECKER'S DENTAL + DSO REVIEW // VOL. 2022 NO. 2 DENTAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS and dental specialists throughout its four affiliations. The DSO supports more than 75 practices across Arkan- sas and Missouri. Select Dental Management (Florham Park, N.J.). Select Dental Management was founded in 2018 by Jonathan Ma- son, DMD, and Elliot Zibel. The organi- zation is affiliated with 37 practices and cares for more than 110,000 patients every year. It aims to foster a collabo- rative, rewarding and growth-orient- ed environment. Signature Dental Partners (Phoenix). Founded in 2017, Signature Dental Partners is led by founder and CEO Chet Jenkins, DDS. The organization supports practices by providing ser- vices such as procurement, payables management, recruiting and more. The DSO has locations in 10 states across the West. Signet Dental (Kokomo, Ind. and Nash- ville, Tenn.). Signet Dental supports multisite family dental practices and laboratories. Its goal is to become a prominent DSO in the Midwest over the next five to 10 years. The organization is financially partnered with Lead Capital Partners in Nashville, Tenn. Simply Beautiful Smiles (Philadel- phia). Founded in 2000, this DSO now employs more than 500 staff members across 38 offices in six mid-Atlantic states. The organization partnered with private equity firm Sun Capital Partners in 2019, and current growth forecasts project that the DSO will add more than 50 offices by the end of 2022. Simply Beautiful Smiles recently unveiled its first clinical leadership team, which gives dentists greater ownership over clinical decisions, and also recently partnered with StaffBase to implement an employee engagement interface that enables instant communication across the company via mobile app. Simply Dental Management (Hopkin- ton, Mass.). Simply Dental Management was founded by owner and President Sam Alkhoury, DMD, in 2005. The organization currently serves over 40 practices in the New England area. The DSO provides services such as marketing, information technology, recruiting and more. SmileLand Family Dental and Ortho- dontics (Maywood, Calif.). Founded in 2020, SmileLand Family Dental and Orthodontics supports two practices in Southern California. The DSO acquired its first practice in 2020 and more than quadrupled its revenue in less than a calendar year. The organization offers a unique mix of clinical expertise, efficient treatment planning, community out- reach and marketing. Smile Brands (Irvine, Calif.). Founded in 1998, Smile Brands has been named on Glassdoor's "Best Places to Work" list twice. Today, the DSO has nearly 700 affiliated dental offices with 7,500 team members across 30 states. The organization is led by co-founder and CEO Steve Bilt. Southern Dental Alliance (Kennesaw, Ga.). Founded in 2012, Southern Dental Alliance has 47 affiliated practices across the Southeast. The organization provides its practices with legal, busi- ness development and human resourc- es support. It is led by CEO Mark Lakis. Specialty Dental Brands (Nashville, Tenn.). Founded in 2018, Specialty Den- tal Brands serves 200 practices across the Mountain West, Pacific Northwest, Central, Southwest and Southeast regions. The DSO supports practices specializing in oral surgery, ortho- dontics and pediatric dentistry. The organization is led by Chair and CEO Michael Schwartz. Swish Dental (Austin, Texas). Swish Dental was founded in 2017 by Viraj De- sai, DMD. The organization's two main goals are to change the way people feel about the dentist and empower women in dentistry. The DSO has 12 studio locations throughout the Austin area. United Dental Partners (Chicago). After Scott Goldman, DDS, and Louis Whites- man, DDS, merged their four combined practices in 2014, WhiteGold Dental Partners was born. From there, the DSO later became United Dental Partners. Today, the organization serves over 120,000 patients and has 24 offices and 380 employees. Underbite Dental Management (New York City) Underbite Dental Manage- ment was founded by David Janash, DMD. The DSO aims to provide its practices with a transparent, dentist-fo- cused model. The organization man- ages 12 practices across the Northeast and East Coast. US Dental Surgery Network (Nashville, Tenn.). US Dental Surgery Network was founded by Jeffrey Carter, MD, DMD. The organization specializes in the development and expansion of oral surgery, general anesthesia services and logistics and compliance services to large DSOs. It has 40 practices across Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, Virgin- ia and Maryland. Vesper Alliance (Cincinnati). Vesper Alliance aims to provide care to those with fear, anxiety, physical limitations or medical conditions that have created a treatment barrier. The organization is the DSO arm of Cincinnati-based, anes- thesia-driven practice Advance Dentist- ry, which specializes in caring for spe- cific patient populations. It supports its practices with a call center, marketing, revenue cycle management and more. Vista Verde Dental Partners (Carm- el, Ind.). Vista Verde Dental Partners supports two brands: Britely Dentures & Implants and Same Day Dental. The organization offers its practices support with finance and accounting, vendor management and purchasing and practice operations. The DSO is led by President and CEO Dustin Netral. Western Dental & Orthodontics (Or- ange, Calif.). Western Dental & Ortho- dontists has more than 350 affiliated offices across California, Alabama, Texas, Arizona and Nevada. Its network includes more than 1,200 dentists. The DSO offers orthodontics, oral sur- gery, pediatric dentistry, periodontics and endodontics. Zak Dental (Downey, Calif.). Zak Dental is a multispecialty DSO with 12 offices across Southern California. It accepts all dental insurance plans and union plans. The organization is led by founder and CEO Ilya Zak, DDS.