All Smiles Dental Centers facts for kids
All Smiles Dental Centers (ADSC) was an American chain of dental clinics, with its headquarters in Farmers Branch, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, The chain operates dental clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and in Greater Houston. The company was the management service organization providing business support services to All Smiles Dental Professionals, P.C. The patients mostly consisted of children in low-income Hispanic communities.
As of May 2012, Valor Equity owned 72% of the company, while founder Dr. Richard Malouf owned 28%. As of July 2012, the company was one of the largest providers of dental services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and has about 60,000 Medicaid patients. As of September 2012, the company has about 20 clinics in the State of Texas. In August 2013, South Texas Dental bought the company.
History
Dr. Richard Malouf, a Lebanese American, established the chain. It was founded in 2002.
On March 22, 2008 an All Smiles dental clinic opened in a remodeled Carnival Food Stores store in eastern Plano, Texas in the DFW area. It was the first of several planned in-store dental clinics.
See also
In Spanish: All Smiles Dental Centers para niños
- Aspen Dental
- Kool Smiles
- ReachOut Healthcare America
- Small Smiles Dental Centers
- Smile Starters
- Sun Orthodontix