Demko Orthodontics

Name

Demko Orthodontics

Legal name

Demko Orthodontics

Website

https://demkosmiles.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Orthodontic Services

NAICS

Offices of Dentists (621210), Offices of Dentists (6212)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Sleep & Airway Orthodontics (OSA Appliances/Expansion) (HLABABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Comprehensive Orthodontic Clinics (HLABABAA), Early Interceptive Orthodontics (Phase I) (HLABABAF)

Keywords

• Orthodontic treatment
• Dentofacial orthopedics
• Airway-focused orthodontics
• Braces and aligners
• Sleep breathing dentistry

Headquarters

HQ city

Chesterfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Demko Orthodontics is a private dental/orthodontic practice that provides orthodontic treatment and dentofacial orthopedic care for children and adults. The practice distinguishes itself by integrating airway-focused and sleep-breathing considerations into its orthodontic treatment planning, addressing both dental alignment and underlying airway/sleep-breathing concerns.

Product overview

Demko Orthodontics is a dental/orthodontic practice specializing in airway-focused orthodontic care. The practice appears to offer orthodontic treatment services, though no specific named products, modules, or distinct service offerings are detailed in the available source content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Airway-Focused Orthodontic Treatment

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• ProSomnus Sleep Technologies: ProSomnus manufactures precision oral appliance therapy devices for OSA and sleep-disordered breathing. It is comparable as a peer because the airway-focused orthodontic segment (Demko's niche) frequently prescribes or co-manages such appliances with sleep physicians.
• OrthoFX: OrthoFX is an emerging clear-aligner and orthodontic-services company with a focus on in-practice and hybrid delivery models. Comparable as an emerging player targeting the same orthodontic patient demographic (children, teens, adults) that Demko serves, with a more technology-enabled go-to-market.
• Candid Health (CandidPro): Candid offers a hybrid in-practice/hybrid clear-aligner orthodontic system sold through dental and orthodontic practices. Comparable as an emerging player competing for the same adult and adolescent orthodontic patient demand that Demko serves in the St. Louis / Chesterfield market.

Direct peers

• Smile Doctors: Smile Doctors is the largest US orthodontic DSO, providing comprehensive orthodontic care (braces and aligners) for children and adults through a network of owned and partner practices. Directly comparable business model and patient demographic to Demko Orthodontics, with multi-site scale that a single-location competitor must contend with.
• Vivos Therapeutics: Vivos Therapeutics is a direct peer — both companies operate in the airway-focused orthodontics niche, with Vivos providing OSA/apnea diagnostic and expansion-appliance systems used by airway-centric orthodontic and dental practices. Demko's airway-focused value proposition directly overlaps Vivos's clinical positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Western Dental & Orthodontics: Western Dental is a large multi-state DSO offering general dentistry, orthodontics, and specialty care with a strong value positioning. Comparable as a broad incumbent DSO competing on price, access, and convenience in suburban markets where independent orthodontic practices like Demko operate.
• Heartland Dental: Heartland Dental is the largest US dental support organization (DSO), providing non-clinical support to affiliated dental practices. It is comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same local market share of general and specialty dental patients, including orthodontic referrals, in suburban US geographies.
• Align Technology (Invisalign): Align Technology manufactures the Invisalign clear aligner system, the dominant consumer-facing orthodontic brand. Comparable as a broad incumbent that shapes patient demand and clinical workflow for every orthodontic practice including Demko, even though it does not operate its own clinics.
• Aspen Dental Management: Aspen Dental operates one of the largest networks of branded dental offices in the US, offering general dentistry, oral surgery, and orthodontics. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same suburban US dental-services market where Demko Orthodontics competes for patients.

Others

• Great Lakes Dental Technologies: Great Lakes Dental Technologies manufactures orthodontic appliances, sleep/apnea devices, and related dental lab products. Comparable as an enabling supplier to orthodontic practices including Demko, especially relevant for the airway-focused appliance fabrication that the practice's clinical model depends on.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/demkosmiles
• Facebookfacebook.com/demkoorthodontics
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/demko-orthodontics

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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