Oak Dental Partners
Built around people. Designed for partnership.
Oak gives pediatric and family dental practices the operational support to grow while doctors retain their name, equity, and clinical decision-making.
Our mission
Our mission is to support our practices in positively impacting lives by improving smiles, confidence, and overall health.
A different kind of DSO
A partnership that protects what makes your practice yours.
Oak exists to take business management and development off your plate—so you can give your patients and team more of what only you can provide.
See our approachCore Values video
The values behind every Oak partnership.
Our values guide how we support practices, care for guests, and show up for each other every day.
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Provide a five-star experience for our guests.
We strive to be warm, friendly and treat every one of our guests the way we want to be treated.
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Support exceptional clinical care.
We put safety above all else, communicate clearly, and do whatever we can to help our guests get the care they need.
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Do the right thing.
We all do our best to be accountable, available and put people before profits.
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Be a place for all.
We want to serve the whole of every community we practice in and welcome guests and team members from all backgrounds.
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Rise by lifting others.
We believe that when we’re kind, supportive, and work together, we can leverage our collective genius.
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Voice gratitude.
We know that our guests and our team members have choices, and are deeply grateful that they’ve chosen us.
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Achieve happiness through balance.
We know that our team members are dedicated to their families and loved ones and support a strong work-life balance.
The Oak difference
The support to grow. The freedom to lead.
Every Oak partnership begins with a simple belief: a great practice should never lose its identity to get the resources it needs.
People First
Relationships with doctors, teams, patients, and communities are the starting point—not an afterthought.
Clinical Autonomy
You continue to make clinical decisions and care for patients in the way you know is right.
Support, Not Control
Oak brings the business infrastructure and expertise while your practice keeps its local voice.
Work-Life Balance
Less operational burden creates more room for clinical leadership, family, and life beyond the office.
Why Oak
Built by people who understand the work behind the work.
Watch the Oak Dental Partners overview
CEO Brian Smith and the Oak leadership team bring together business experience and an understanding of what frontline dental teams need to thrive.
Brian SmithChief Executive Officer
Clinical autonomy
Your practice. Your patients. Your clinical decisions.
Partnership with Oak is designed to strengthen your practice without changing the trust you have built. We support the business side so doctors can stay focused on exceptional care.
Talk about partnership
Talent Acquisition
Find the Right People. Build Stronger Practices.
At Oak Dental Partners, we believe great patient care starts with great people. Our Talent Acquisition team helps our partner practices attract and hire skilled, compassionate professionals who align with their culture, values, and long-term goals—so each team can continue to grow without losing what makes it special.
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Start a conversation
Share what matters most to you, your team, and your practice.
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Get to know each other
Explore whether Oak’s people-first approach is the right fit.
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Build the right partnership
Create a path that respects what you have built and where you want to go.
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Grow together
Bring the right resources around your practice and team.
A life outside the office
More space for the work and life you care about.
Oak believes the best care comes from supported teams. By removing operational weight, we help doctors and team members devote more energy to their patients, their people, and their lives outside of work.
I’m proud to call them my dental family.
— April Handy, AL Regional Manager
Our brands
A forest of practices, each with its own roots.
Oak partners with established practices while preserving the identity their patients, teams, and communities already know.
Meet our thriving forest of partners
Strong Roots. Growing Partnerships.
We partner with great pediatric dental and orthodontic practices across dozens of locations and counting. How about yours?
The next chapter
You built something worth protecting.
Let’s talk about a partnership that honors your legacy, protects your autonomy, and helps your practice thrive.