In 1999, the Smile Center launched its practice in Las Palmas. Six years later, Dr. Stephen Simpton and his wife Abby bought into the practice, and by the following year, they owned it outright. The Simptons opened a second Smile Center in San Antonio’s south side area at Military Plaza in 2007. With further expansion to Park North, W.W. White, Marbach, and Walzem Plaza, Dr. Stephen Simpton and Abby Simpton have built The Smile Center to six locations around the city. Today, The Smile Center employs 11 dentists, 8 managers, 8 directors, 20 community outreach representatives, and a total staff of more than 95 professionals. The Smile Center's staff perform oral exams and cleanings, prepare crowns, dentures, implants, and Invisalign braces, as well as offers tooth whitening and root canal services. They understand how healthy teeth and gums connect directly to a patient’s chances of suffering strokes, diabetes, heart and lung diseases, and other inflammatory tissue disorders. Proper dental care involves both direct attention to current problems and preventative care and education of patients concerning dental hygiene. The Smile Center offers prizes and other incentives to help clients take good care of their teeth. Patients get the chance to spin the Prize Wheel for monthly awards such as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. gift cards, restaurant gift certificates, family passes to the San Antonio Six Flags Theme Parks, digital cameras, DVD players, and backyard swimming pools. Clients who fill out a patient feedback survey also have a chance to win four movie passes given out by The Smile Center every month. The Tooth Fairy Club offers prizes and special attention to children who visit The Smile Center. Kids can become members as young as six months. Little patients who join the Tooth Fairy Club receive gifts on their birthday, a prize for each dental visit, special and personal e-mail and text messages from the Tooth Fairy, and mail at home. The company accepts a broad array of payment options, from Medicaid, CHIP, and TRICARE for retired and active military personnel, to dozens of private insurance providers. Visit the company website at www.thesmilecenterusa.com.