Children's Smile Center

Name

Children's Smile Center

Legal name

Children's Smile Center

Website

https://smilecentermo.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Dental Services

NAICS

Offices of Dentists (6212), Offices of Dentists (621210), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Public Health Dentistry Clinics (FQHC/School-Based/Nonprofit) (HLABAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pediatric Dentistry Group Practices (HLABAKAD), Preventive & Wellness Pediatric Dentistry (Cleanings/Fluoride/Sealants) (HLABAGAA)

Keywords

• Pediatric dental services
• Children's dentistry
• Preventive dental care
• School dental outreach
• Medicaid dental coverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Ozark

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. MO HealthNet (Medicaid) Reimbursement: The organization serves children aged 1-19 who have MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) as their only form of dental insurance. Services are reimbursed through Medicaid claims processing.
2. Charitable Care (No-Payment Services): For qualifying families who meet income requirements, the organization provides dental care at no charge. These services are subsidized through public donations and fundraising events rather than patient revenue.
3. Public Donations and Fundraising: As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Children's Smile Center depends on public generosity for support. Annual fundraising events include the Hot-Air Balloon Glow and participation in the Price Cutter Charity Championship series.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Children's Smile Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit pediatric dental practice that provides comprehensive dental care—including exams, cleanings, x-rays, fluoride treatments, fillings, crowns, root canals, extractions, and sedation dentistry—to children aged 1-19 from low-income families covered by MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid). The organization operates three clinic locations across six Missouri counties and supplements direct care with school-based screening outreach averaging over 10,000 students annually.

Product overview

Children's Smile Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit pediatric dental practice offering a unified suite of dental services for children aged 1-19. The practice operates three locations (Aurora, Branson West, and Nixa, Missouri) and provides comprehensive dental care including General Dentistry, Children's Dentistry, Pediatric Prevention (x-rays, exams, cleanings, fluoride), Tooth-Colored Fillings/Root Canals/Crowns/Extractions, Sedation Dentistry, Specialized Dental Technology, and Outreach with Local School Districts. The organization focuses on serving low-income families covered by Missouri Medicaid across six counties (Christian, Barry, Dade, Lawrence, Taney, Stone). The practice emphasizes compassionate care, positive experiences, and quality services delivered with modern dental technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Dentistry
• Children's Dentistry
• Pediatric Prevention (X-rays, Exams, Cleanings, and Fluoride)
• Tooth-Colored Fillings, Root Canals, Crowns, and Extractions
• Sedation Dentistry
• School District Outreach Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10,000 students served annually through school screening events
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Sertoma Duck Race FestivalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026The annual Hot-Air Balloon Glow fundraiser is held on the grounds of the two-day Sertoma Duck Race Festival in downtown Ozark, Missouri. This partnership provides venue and audience access for CSC's signature annual fundraiser, with the event scheduled for June 19, 2026.
• Price Cutter / Price Cutter CarescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPrice Cutter Cares is a series of charitable events year-round that benefits area children's and veterans' charities. Children's Smile Center participates by purchasing raffle tickets and hosting the 'Smiles on the Green' golf tournament as part of this charitable series, which is the successor to the PGA Korn Ferry Tour stop held in Springfield, Missouri.
• Local School DistrictscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSC partners with area school districts across Christian, Barry, Dade, Lawrence, Taney, and Stone counties to provide school screening events averaging 10,000+ students annually, back-to-school events, and ongoing oral health education. School nurses serve as key referral sources for families seeking Medicaid-covered pediatric dental care.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sonrava Health (Western Dental): Multi-state dental chain with significant Medicaid acceptance and a large pediatric patient base. Comparable in serving a similar patient demographic, though operating as a for-profit DSO at much larger scale.
• Heartland Dental: Largest dental support organization in the U.S., supporting hundreds of general and specialty dental offices. Relevant because of overlap in modern dental technology adoption and operating leverage in multi-location dental practices.
• Aspen Dental: National DSO with a strong presence in underserved and rural markets, including Medicaid-accepting practices. Comparable due to its focus on geographies and patient populations similar to Children's Smile Center's six-county service area.
• Pacific Dental Services (PDS): Large DSO supporting dental practices across multiple states with a modern clinical technology platform. Comparable as a multi-site dental operator emphasizing modern equipment and clinical systems.

Emerging players

• Teledentistry.com: Emerging teledentistry platform enabling remote screenings and triage for underserved populations including school children. Relevant as a potential technology-enabled alternative or complement to CSC's in-person school screening model.

Direct peers

• Sun Life Health (Community Health Center): Federally Qualified Health Center offering integrated medical and dental services to Medicaid and uninsured patients in rural Arizona, closely aligned with CSC's nonprofit, school-linked, Medicaid-focused pediatric dental model.
• Benevis (formerly Kool Smiles / Small Smiles): Dental support organization historically focused on pediatric Medicaid patients in underserved and rural markets, sharing Children's Smile Center's concentration on low-income children covered by government insurance.
• Community Dental Care: Nonprofit community dental organization providing care to underserved populations including children on Medicaid, with a similar mission-driven operating model and community-clinic footprint.
• Big Smiles Dental: School-based dental program providing screenings, cleanings, sealants, and fluoride treatments on-site at schools, with a comparable mission of serving children who otherwise lack access to dental care.
• Smile Programs (Smiles by Mobile / Smile America): Mobile school-based dental provider that brings preventive dental services directly into K-12 schools, closely mirroring the Children's Smile Center school screening and fluoride varnish outreach model in underserved communities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/childrenssmilecenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/children-s-smile-center
• Instagraminstagram.com/childrenssmilecentermo

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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