Is Smile Brands private equity backed?

Ownership

Label

PE-backed (Gryphon Investors)

Owner / backers

Gryphon Investors (since 2016)

Part of this group

Midwest Dental

PE stake

PE investors hold a majority stake in the group.

How it holds practices

Mixed: a combination of buyouts and partnerships. What the dentist keeps: owner-dentists can buy up to 10% of their Smile Brands practice; transition sellers keep nothing stated.

Website

smilebrands.com

Sources

• “Smile Brands Inc. | Gryphon Investors” (2026-10-30)
• “Partnership Models | Smile Brands”

Confidence

Medium About confidence

Known locations

1,841 (CA 564, TX 322, WI 145, IL 119, FL 74, MN 66, WA 58, OH 56, VA 42, NY 29, CO 28, NJ 27, TN 26, AZ 23, PA 22, CT 21, NC 21, IA 20, MA 20, UT 19, AR 18, MI 18, IN 16, NV 16, AL 15, OR 14, NM 10, MO 9, MD 7, KS 6, NH 4, SC 2, GA 1, ID 1, RI 1, VT 1)

Known locations

Showing the first 500 of 1,841 known locations: practices with their own page first, then by state and city.

Locations come from the group’s own lists and, in Dallas-Fort Worth and the Bay Area, from our checked practice lists. Lists can be out of date. Report a correction.