
Steve Bilt helped found Smile Brands, left it, then bought it back with his partners. His second act turns on an old question: how do you keep a growing company personal?
Sarika Sood is a DDS practicing in Hayward, California, where she works as a Director of Care with Bright Now! Dental, the patient-facing brand of Smile Brands. She trained at MRA Dental College in India and built her chairside career across Northern California, focused on the kind of community-rooted general and cosmetic dentistry that keeps a retail dental office humming.