Youthful Smiles

What Youthful Smiles does

Youthful Smiles is a single-location pediatric dental practice located at 650 Rio Lindo Avenue, Suite 4 in Chico, California, founded in 1999 by Dr. Kimberly Lange, a general dentist who has voluntarily limited her practice to treating children from infants through teens. The practice offers a comprehensive suite of preventive and restorative services including cleanings, examinations, X-rays, fluoride treatments, dental sealants, resin/composite fillings, stainless steel crowns (for back teeth) and tooth-colored crowns (for front teeth), extractions, space maintainers, and nitrous oxide sedation for anxious patients. A first-visit program is provided for infants and toddlers, covering oral examination, medical/dental history review, teeth cleaning, topical fluoride application, and parental guidance on oral development. The clinical environment is described as kid-friendly and jungle-themed, with the practice operating a Cavity-Free Club incentive program and a content portal offering educational tooth tips, healthy snack suggestions, animal teeth facts, and children's activities.

The practice is organized as a sole proprietorship under the legal entity Kimberly Lange, D.D.S., with no external investors, private equity backing, or parent company. The team consists of seven people: Dr. Lange as owner-dentist, one Office Manager, and four Registered Dental Assistants, several of whom have been with the practice since its 1999 founding or shortly thereafter. Revenue is generated through fee-for-service dental payments, with the practice accepting most dental insurance plans as well as Visa and Mastercard; no specific fee schedules are publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is direct-to-consumer and overwhelmingly local: patients schedule appointments by phone, and acquisition is driven by word-of-mouth referrals, community involvement through Soroptomist International of Chico and the Chico Chamber of Commerce, and the educational website. Parents travel from throughout the North State region of Northern California, but the practice has no second location, no mobile unit, and no telehealth offering.

From a technology and platform perspective, Youthful Smiles is a traditional brick-and-mortar dental practice. The website describes 'modern dental equipment with the latest technology, materials, and techniques,' but no proprietary technology, software platform, AI/ML capabilities, mobile application, API, or third-party technology integrations are referenced. The practice has no disclosed patents, trademarks, certifications, awards, regulatory actions, funding rounds, or M&A activity. Dr. Lange is a member of the ADA, CDA, and Northern California Dental Society, and her husband and father-in-law operate a separate general and cosmetic dentistry practice in Chico, forming an informal family-level referral network rather than a corporate parent-subsidiary structure.

Name

Youthful Smiles

Legal name

Kimberly Lange, D.D.S.

Website

https://youthfulsmileschico.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Youthful Smiles is a single-location pediatric dental practice in Chico, California, founded in 1999 by Dr. Kimberly Lange, providing preventive and restorative dental care exclusively to children from infants through teens and accepting most insurance plans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Dentistry

NAICS

Offices of Dentists (6212)

akta.pro primary industry

Preventive & Wellness Pediatric Dentistry (Cleanings/Fluoride/Sealants) (HLABAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pediatric Restorative Dentistry (Fillings/Crowns/Pulp Therapy) (HLABAGAB)

Keywords

• Pediatric dental services
• Childrens dentistry
• Preventive dental care
• Restorative dentistry
• Dental sealants

Headquarters

HQ city

Chico

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Dental Services Revenue: Practice generates revenue through dental service fees for children from infants to teens. Services include cleanings, examinations, X-rays, sealants, fillings, extractions, stainless steel crowns, and space maintainers. The practice accepts most insurance plans and Visa/Mastercard payments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Youthful Smiles is a single-location pediatric dental practice that provides routine preventive and restorative dental care for children from infants through teens. Services include cleanings, examinations, X-rays, sealants, fluoride treatments, fillings, stainless steel crowns, extractions, space maintainers, and nitrous oxide sedation, delivered in a kid-friendly, jungle-themed office environment. The practice accepts most dental insurance plans and Visa/Mastercard payments.

Product overview

Youthful Smiles is a pediatric dental practice offering a unified suite of dental services for children from infancy through adolescence. The practice provides preventive care (cleanings, examinations, sealants, fluoride treatments, X-rays) and restorative treatments (fillings, stainless steel crowns, extractions, space maintainers). Additional services include nitrous oxide sedation for anxious patients and educational resources for parents. The practice was founded by Dr. Kimberly Lange in 1999 and serves the Chico, California area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pediatric Dental Care (Infants to Teens) Comprehensive, long-term dental care including preventive and restorative services for children from their first tooth through adolescence.
• Cleanings and Examinations Routine preventive dental care including professional teeth cleanings, comprehensive oral examinations, X-rays, and oral hygiene assessments for children ages 1–15.
• First Dental Visit Initial appointment for infants and toddlers including oral examination, medical/dental history review, teeth cleaning, topical fluoride application, and parental guidance on oral development.
• Dental Sealants Protective tooth-colored material applied to the chewing surfaces of permanent molars and bicuspids to prevent tooth decay by creating a barrier against plaque and food.
• Resin or Composite Fillings White, tooth-colored restorations placed after decay has been removed from a tooth.
• Stainless Steel Crowns Full-coverage crowns for back teeth placed when a tooth has had nerve treatment or extensive decay; front teeth receive tooth-colored crowns.
• Extractions Removal of primary or permanent teeth when necessary, including situations where a permanent tooth erupts while the primary tooth is still present.
• Space Maintainers (Bilateral and Unilateral) Appliances that hold open the empty molar area when a primary tooth is lost or removed prematurely, maintaining space for the permanent tooth to erupt properly.
• Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Sedation Laughing gas used in children's dentistry to relax patients and provide a more pleasant dental experience.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dr. Lange's Family Dental Practice (Father-in-law and Husband)supportingOthersDr. Lange's husband and father-in-law are dentists who practice together at a separate general and cosmetic dentistry practice in Chico, providing general and cosmetic dentistry services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Children's Dental Health: Multi-location pediatric dental practice group specializing exclusively in dental care for children and adolescents, with a comparable patient demographic (infants through teens) and similar service mix of preventive and restorative care. Directly comparable to Youthful Smiles in clinical focus and pediatric-only positioning.
• Benevis: Pediatric-focused dental support organization (formerly parent of Kool Smiles) that affiliates with dentists serving children, including Medicaid and CHIP populations. Operates a similar insurance-driven, pediatric-only care model to Youthful Smiles but at much greater scale.

Broad incumbents

• Interdent: Dental support organization providing non-clinical support to affiliated dental offices across multiple states, with pediatric capacity. Comparable to Youthful Smiles in offering general and pediatric dental services through an office-based delivery model, but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Great Expressions Dental Centers: Large multi-specialty dental group with significant pediatric patient volume, providing general, specialty, and orthodontic services. Operates in a similar insurance-reimbursement model with comparable office-based delivery but with a much broader service portfolio.
• Pacific Dental Services: Large dental support organization supporting hundreds of affiliated offices across the U.S., including offices that serve pediatric populations. Comparable insurance-based, office-delivered care model but with vastly greater scale and operational infrastructure.
• Heartland Dental: One of the largest dental support organizations in the U.S., supporting thousands of dentists across general and specialty practices. While primarily general dentistry, it includes family practices with substantial pediatric patient volumes comparable to Youthful Smiles' core offering.
• Smile Brands: Multi-brand dental support organization (Smile Brands, Bright Now! Dental, etc.) operating hundreds of affiliated offices offering general, specialty, and pediatric dental services. Comparable insurance-accepting, office-based delivery model with a broader geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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