With our state-of-the-art dental center in the heart of the design district of Nashville, TN, Hope Smiles partners with the state’s top dentists and dental professionals to offer world-class care at an uncompromising standard.
Excellent care
By pairing seasoned dentists with licensed practitioners who are just starting out in their careers and in search of mentorship, we’re able to lower the cost to our patients and provide truly affordable care to all who enter our doors.
at affordable prices
Hope Smiles is known for our “free dental days”—an outreach model where we bring together dentists, hygienists, dental students, and volunteers to offer free basic care to those in the community who cannot access or afford regular dental procedures.
that gives back
Every idea starts with a problem. Ours was simple: too many people don’t have access to quality dental care.
Hope Smiles was founded by Dr. Phillip Kemp in 2005 to meet unmet dental needs and provide dental students unparalleled mentorship and experience while serving people who don’t have access to quality dental care. From the beginning, we set out to make sure that everything we do is based on empathy for people and developing deep, meaningful, long-lasting relationships through our work.
Starting in our early days, we have been in partnership with the University of Tennessee and Meharry Medical College — providing mentoring and leadership development opportunities for dental students.
In 2013, we began supporting the work that Dr. Ryan Shinska was called to in Uganda. This developed into several short-term trips and eventually a long-term partnership which led to a sustainable model that we continue to build upon today.
Through our mobile outreaches, dental clinics, and leadership development programs in Uganda, we established a model where we train and develop dental professionals who provide emergent and restorative dental care that serves people who cannot access or afford high-quality dental services.
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