Smile Direct Club Appoints Dr. Riddhi Gangolli Senior Director of Professional Education and Key Opinion Leader Strategy
August 19 2020 - 8:23AM
SmileDirectClub, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDC), the oral care company with the
first medtech platform for teeth straightening, today announced the
appointment of Riddhi Gangolli, BDS, MS, PhD, to the newly created
role of Senior Director of Professional Education and Key Opinion
Leader Strategy. Gangolli will work directly with industry
professionals to help educate them about SmileDirectClub’s
telehealth platform as the company grows its recently expanded
direct-to-office offering and SmileDirectClub Partner Network.
“As a company, we are committed to working closely with the
dental community as we continue in our mission to make affordable
oral care accessible to everyone. We are pleased to welcome Dr.
Gangolli to the SmileDirectClub team to continue to build strong
relationships with licensed dentists and orthodontists so that they
can provide safe, affordable care to more patients,” said Dr.
Jeffrey Sulitzer, Chief Clinical Officer, SmileDirectClub. “Riddhi
will be instrumental in helping us to further partner with the
dental community and grow the understanding, acceptance and use of
teledentistry.”
Gangolli, who was most recently Director of Clinical Marketing
for Switzerland-based Straumann Group and has served as an
innovation research and development scientist for Glidewell Dental
in Irvine, Calif., will lead the Company’s industry outreach and
act as a liaison to share the latest capabilities and innovations
of the SmileDirectClub teledentistry platform. Gangolli earned her
Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from Padmashree Dr D. Y. Patil
Vidyapeeth in Maharashtra, India and practiced dentistry in Mumbai.
She holds a Master of Science in Biomaterials and Biomimetics from
New York University and earned her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from
Temple University.
With approximately 30% of general practitioners offering clear
aligner therapy1 and the other 70% not currently offering any
orthodontia at all, SmileDirectClub provides dentists and
orthodontists with a new option and opportunity to offer patients a
safe, effective alternative to braces that costs patients up to 60%
less. The appointment of Gangolli follows SmileDirectClub’s
recently announced expansion of its direct-to-office
SmileDirectClub Partner Network via a partnership with Smile Brands
Inc. Through this partnership with Smile Brands and its 450
affiliated dental practices across 18 states, consumers will now be
able to begin their SmileDirectClub journey from a dentist chair,
at a SmileShop or with a doctor-prescribed impression kit.
Since launching in the U.S. in 2014, SmileDirectClub has become
one of the fastest-growing health technology companies and the
fastest-growing teledentistry provider, serving over one million
customers around the world.
1A Direct-to-Consumer Clear Aligner Provider; Time to Join the
Club? William Blair. October 7, 2019.
About SmileDirectClubSmileDirectClub, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SDC) (“SmileDirectClub”) is an oral care company and
creator of the first medtech platform for teeth straightening, now
also offered directly via dentist and orthodontists’ offices.
Through our cutting-edge teledentistry technology and vertically
integrated model, we are revolutionizing the oral care industry,
from clear aligner therapy to our affordable, premium oral care
product line. SmileDirectClub’s mission is to democratize access to
a smile each and every person loves by making it affordable and
convenient for everyone. SmileDirectClub is headquartered in
Nashville, Tennessee and operates in the U.S., Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Hong Kong
and Singapore. For more information, please visit
SmileDirectClub.com.
Contact:SmileDirectClub Media Relations:
press@smiledirectclub.com
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