On April 24, Smile Doctors, LLC, backed by private equity firms Linden Capital Partners and Thomas H. Lee Partners, announced that it expanded its presence with the acquisition of six dental practices.
Hatcher & Frey Orthodontics is based in one location in Chesapeake, Virginia. According to its website, there are four physicians on staff.
Based in Johnson City, Tennessee, Local Orthodontics is run by one physician who is supported by a team of nine.
Zambrano Orthodontics has three locations in the Miami, Florida MSA. According to its website, there are two physicians on staff.
Based in Alexandria, Virginia, Hughes Orthodontics is run by a team of three physicians.
GO Orthodontics has five locations (four in Mississippi and one in Tennessee). According to its website, the practice has four physicians on staff.
Eberle Orthodontics is based in Louisville and LaGrange, Kentucky. It is run by one physician who is supported by a team of 10.
Smile Doctors is an orthodontic dental support organization with more than 450 locations in 31 states. It was founded in 2015.
Additionally, announced alongside these transactions, Dr. Amanda Gallagher, in partnership with Smile Doctors, opened a de novo office in The Village of Cross Keys in Baltimore, Maryland. Smile Doctors now supports more than 550 practice locations across 36 states. Terms were not disclosed.
According to data in the LevinPro HC database, this transaction represents the 144th Physician Medical Group acquisition of 2025 and the 70th in the dental specialty. In 2024, 242 dental transactions were reported and in 2023, 181 were announced. This is also the second transaction Smile Doctors announced in 2025; in March, it acquired myOrthos, an orthodontic support organization with more than 70 affiliated locations in 13 states.
