Dentistry, owned by dentists.
Transparent Dental Group is one privately owned, dentist-led company. Its 18 dental offices across Chicago and the suburbs are called Smile Obsession. It was built on a simple conviction: when dentists lead and patients come before profits, everything else follows.
18 locations · 40+ dentists · 100+ team members · Inc. 5000 #57 (2024)
Dentist owned, not corporate
Most large dental groups answer to investors. We answer to our patients and our dentists. Transparent Dental Group is fully owned by a dentist, Dr. Viren Patel. We have no investor funding and no shareholders, so treatment decisions are made by dentists in our offices , never by a head office or a board that has never met the patient.
A different kind of dental group
Build with us
For dentists - Your career, without the corporate ceiling. Associate roles with mentorship, clinical autonomy, and training most private practices can't offer, in a company owned by a dentist who has sat in your chair.
Leadership
Transparent Dental Group
is led by the people who built it:
Dr. Viren Patel, owner and CEO
Jacquelyn Vasquez, Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Brittney Borga, Chief Dental Officer,
Meet our leadership →
Recognition
• Inc. 5000 #57 in America (2024), 4,890% growth, the #1 dental group on the list — and again in 2025 at #1440 (302% three-year growth)
• Group Dentistry Now — Emerging Dental Groups to Watch (2025)
Our values
Radical Transparency · Patient Obsession · Dentists Lead · People Before Profits · Shared Ownership of Success · Servant Leadership · Radical Candor · Invest in Our Teams · Diversity as an Advantage · Agility · Work-Life Integration · Advanced Technology, Human Care
Questions about joining or anything else?
630-581-7215 · 1 Tower Lane, Suite 1820, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181