Nashville Orthodontics Company to Add 440 Jobs Downtown and in Antioch

NASHVILLE, TN — Innovative teledentistry and orthodontics start-up SmileDirectClub will invest $4.5 million in two facilities and expects to add 440 new jobs by 2022. The company will add office and customer service personnel in its new downtown Nashville headquarters in the Bank of America Plaza at 414 Union Street. SmileDirectClub will also create jobs at a new manufacturing and distribution center in Antioch.

"We could not be more proud and excited to call Nashville home. Nashville is growing exponentially, and we’re happy to be growing right alongside it,” SmileDirectClub CEO Doug Hudson said. “We put our new office in the heart of downtown because we want to be in the middle of all the energy, growth and fun this city has to offer. These are the exact qualities we wish to exhibit as a company. We’re all about making people smile, and Nashville is the city that puts a smile on our face."

Founded in 2014, SmileDirectClub uses cloud-based technology to connect patients with a network of state-licensed dental professionals who provide ongoing, remote orthodontic treatment. SmileDirectClub works with an orthodontic lab to custom-make a series of clear plastic aligners that gradually shift patients’ teeth into the desired position without in-office visits.

In the past six years, health care and medical device companies have invested $800 million in Tennessee and created 8,100 new jobs, according to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.

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