SmileDirectClub has been hit with several setbacks since shutting down its operations in December 2023.
Here are 10 updates about the teledentistry company and its patients since its closure:
1. The American Dental Association reaffirmed its stance against direct-to-consumer dentistry following SmileDirectClub's bankruptcy.
2. Clear aligner therapy company OrthoFX partnered with Teledentistry.com to help SmileDirectClub customers after the shut down.
3. SmileDirectClub agreed to dismiss its antitrust case against the Georgia Board of Dentistry.
4. Several DSOs began offering discounted treatment opportunities for former SmileDirectClub patients.
5. A class-action lawsuit was filed alleging that SmileDirectClub violated the WARN Act when it laid off its employees during its shutdown.
6. The state of Tennessee requested SmileDirectClub pay back $6 million in grants for allegedly failing to meet the terms of its contract.
7. Gordon Brothers, a liquidation and restructuring firm, posted SmileDirectClub's former assets and inventory for sale in March.
8. A group of dental providers were denied class certification in their lawsuit against SmileDirectClub in March.
9. SmileDirectClub lost its appeal against NBC News in a defamation case originally filed in 2020.
10. The New York State Attorney General's office announced that SmileDirectClub would be paying you $4.8 million in refunds to its consumers who were improperly charged after the company's closure.