Children's Dental Surgery

What Children's Dental Surgery does

Children's Dental Surgery (DBA: Children's Surgical Centers) is a private ambulatory surgery center operator specializing in pediatric restorative dental procedures performed under general anesthesia. The company operates five locations across Pennsylvania (Bethlehem, Lancaster, Malvern, Philadelphia) and New Jersey (Jackson), each structured as a hospital-like surgical facility with operating rooms, recovery rooms, and intraoperative X-ray imaging. Its clientele is children requiring complex or extensive dental treatment—fillings, crowns, extractions, space maintainers—who cannot be safely treated in a conventional dental office due to age, anxiety, behavior, or extent of decay. Cases are performed by credentialed dentists from three affiliated practice groups (Children's Dental Health, Pediatric Dental Associates, Upper Merion Dental Associates) under anesthesia administered by Associates in Anesthesia. The business model is revenue-cycle driven: Children's Dental Surgery bills a facility fee to medical insurance, Associates in Anesthesia bills anesthesia professional fees to medical insurance, and the operating dentist bills dental professional fees to dental insurance. The company accepts a broad commercial insurance panel (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Geisinger, Highmark, United Healthcare, and others) plus multiple Medicaid plans, with CareCredit offered for patient financing. Patient acquisition is primarily referral-based rather than consumer-marketing-driven; families cannot self-refer and must be evaluated first by a credentialed affiliated dentist. The Pennsylvania sites hold AAAHC accreditation, a regulatory credential requiring ongoing peer review and triennial on-site surveys. Operations are lean, with 11-50 employees company-wide.

Name

Children's Dental Surgery

Legal name

Children's Dental Surgery

Website

https://childrenssurgicalcenter.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Children's Dental Surgery operates five AAAHC-accredited ambulatory surgery centers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, delivering pediatric restorative dental procedures under general anesthesia for children who cannot be treated in a conventional dental office.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Dental Surgery Services

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatric Oral Surgery Services (Minor Surgical Procedures) (HLABAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pediatric Sedation & Anesthesia Dentistry (HLABAGAC), Hospital-Based & Medically Complex Pediatric Dentistry (HLABAGAE)

Keywords

• Pediatric dental surgery
• Ambulatory surgery centers
• General anesthesia dentistry
• Restorative dental treatments
• Outpatient pediatric care

Headquarters

HQ city

Bethlehem

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Facility Fee Billing: Children's Dental Surgery bills for facility fees covering supplies, equipment, staff, and use of the surgical facility. This is typically billed to medical insurance.
2. Anesthesia Professional Services: Professional fees from Associates in Anesthesia for anesthesia services rendered during procedures. Billed to medical insurance.
3. Dental Professional Services: Professional fees from credentialed dentists for restorative dental work performed during surgery. Billed to dental insurance.
4. Medicaid Reimbursement: Acceptance of Medicaid plans at all locations for qualifying patients, with no financial responsibility for Medicaid-covered patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Children's Dental Surgery operates a network of ambulatory surgery centers that provide pediatric restorative dental procedures (fillings, crowns, extractions, space maintainers) under general anesthesia. The centers enable children who cannot tolerate treatment in a traditional dental office due to age, anxiety, behavior, or extent of needed work to receive comprehensive single-visit treatment performed by board-certified anesthesiologists and credentialed pediatric dentists.

Product overview

Children's Dental Surgery operates as a network of five AAAHC-accredited ambulatory surgery centers across Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Malvern, Bethlehem, Philadelphia) and New Jersey (Jackson). The company provides pediatric dental surgery services under general anesthesia, enabling complex restorative dental procedures (fillings, crowns, extractions) for children who cannot tolerate treatment in a traditional dental office. The core offering is the surgery center environment with board-certified anesthesiologists and pediatric dentists, with procedures performed by credentialed dental providers from partner practices including Children's Dental Health, Pediatric Dental Associates, and Upper Merion Dental Associates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Children's Dental Surgery Centers Ambulatory surgery centers providing pediatric dental procedures under general anesthesia, enabling treatment of complex dental cases including fillings, crowns, and extractions for children who cannot tolerate procedures in a traditional dental office setting.
• Pediatric Restorative Dental Treatments Typical treatments including cavity fillings, crown placements, and tooth extractions of baby teeth, designed to restore baby teeth or eliminate diseased teeth to restore the child's mouth to a healthy state during a single anesthesia visit.
• Pediatric Dental Surgery (Sleep Dentistry) Dental procedures performed while a patient is under general anesthesia, allowing children to experience no pain during treatment and enabling dentists to fully restore teeth without concern of injury from movement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Treatment of thousands of children annually across five locations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Children's Dental HealthcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPediatric dental practice providing credentialed dentists who refer patients to Children's Dental Surgery centers and perform restorative dental procedures at the surgical facilities. Accepting new patients and actively referring cases requiring general anesthesia.
• Pediatric Dental AssociatescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPediatric dental practice with credentialed providers performing dental procedures at Children's Dental Surgery centers for referred patients requiring surgical treatment under general anesthesia.
• Upper Merion Dental AssociatescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDental practice providing credentialed dentists who serve patients at Children's Dental Surgery facilities for complex restorative procedures requiring anesthesia.
• Associates in AnesthesiacoreTechnology or IntegrationAnesthesiology practice providing board-certified anesthesiologists to monitor and administer anesthesia during pediatric dental procedures at all Children's Dental Surgery locations. Issues separate professional fee invoices for anesthesia services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sonrava Health (formerly Western Dental): Large multi-state DSO with significant pediatric and Medicaid patient base. Comparable in operating large-scale pediatric dental volume and managing Medicaid reimbursement, though it operates dental offices rather than ASCs.
• Heartland Dental: Largest U.S. DSO supporting general and specialty dental practices. Comparable in operating a scaled, multi-site dental platform with managed payer relationships, though not focused on pediatric surgical cases.
• Aspen Dental: National DSO with hundreds of supported dental offices. Comparable in scaling a referral-driven, multi-site dental brand with payer relationships, though not focused on pediatric surgery under general anesthesia.
• Surgery Partners: Large publicly traded operator of ambulatory surgery centers across multiple specialties. Comparable as a multi-site ASC platform, though Surgery Partners operates broadly across surgical specialties rather than focusing on pediatric dental surgery.
• United Dental Partners: DSO focused on pediatric and orthodontic dental practices. Comparable as a pediatric-focused dental platform with a multi-site operating model and Medicaid exposure.

Others

• North American Partners in Anesthesia: Anesthesia management organization supplying anesthesiologists to hospitals and ASCs. Comparable in providing the outsourced anesthesia model Children's Dental Surgery uses, and a possible strategic partner.
• US Anesthesia Partners: National anesthesia services group that supplies board-certified anesthesiologists to ASCs and hospitals. Directly comparable as the anesthesiology partner model that Children's Dental Surgery relies on, and a potential strategic partner for scaling.

Regional players

• St. Luke's University Health Network (surgical facilities): Regional health system with hospital surgical capacity in the same Bethlehem, PA market as Children's Dental Surgery. Comparable as a regional provider of pediatric outpatient surgical services, though much broader in scope and typically hospital-based.

Direct peers

• Specialized Pediatric Dentistry (Small Smiles / similar pediatric DSO brands): Pediatric-focused dental groups historically concentrated on Medicaid-insured children. Comparable in target patient population (Medicaid-eligible children with high restorative needs) and the resulting demand for surgical pediatric dental care.
• Children's Dental Health: Multi-location pediatric dental practice that is a primary referral partner to Children's Dental Surgery. Comparable in patient base and pediatric dentistry focus, and a logical consolidation target alongside the ASC business.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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