Dentistry, owned by dentists.
Transparent Dental Group is one privately owned, dentist-led company — its 18 dental offices across Chicago and the suburbs are 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 practicing 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
Dentists lead. Every Smile Obsession practice is led by its dentists, who have full autonomy over treatment plans.
No production quotas. We measure patient and team satisfaction first. Financial success follows happy patients and happy providers — not the other way around.
Support that actually supports. Our Oakbrook Terrace headquarters and centralized call center handle the phones, scheduling support, insurance and revenue cycle — so in-office teams (all clinical, no admin staff) can focus entirely on the patient in the chair.
One connected team. Patient records and X-rays are shared securely across all 18 offices, and every new dentist gets business and insurance training before they start — so no one is left to figure out the business of dentistry alone.
Two ways to 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.
For practice owners — Sell your practice, and keep it a dental practice. Full cash buyouts — the only structure we offer, and we don't take partners — with the option to keep practicing, no production pressure, and a buyer who is a dentist, not a fund. Confidential, no production targets after you sign.
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, selling your practice, or anything else?
630-581-7215 · 1 Tower Lane, Suite 1820, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181