What is SmileDirectClub?
{{Infobox company | name = SmileDirectClub, LLC | logo = Smile Direct Club logo.svg | image = | image_size = 250 | image_caption = | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{OTC Pink|SDCCQ}} (since 2023)<br>{{NASDAQ was|SDC}} (2019-23) | industry = [[Teledentistry]] | fate = Bankruptcy | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = {{Start date|2014}} | founders = Jordan Katzman<br>Alex Fenkell | defunct = {{End date|2023|12|08}} | hq_location_city = [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2019/03/20/nashville-based-smiledirectclub-announces-2-000-jobs-217-m-investment/3217572002/|title=SmileDirectClub announces 2,010 new jobs, $217M investment in Nashville HQ|author=Sandy Mazza|publisher=Tennessean|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref> | hq_location_country = [[United States]] | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = | products = | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | revenue = {{Increase}} $750 million (2019)<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/02/25/1990443/0/en/Smile-Direct-Club-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2019-Financial-Results.html#:~:text=FY%202019%20total%20revenue%20increased,FY%202018%2C%20to%20%24750%20million.|title = Smile Direct Club Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Financial Results|date = 25 February 2020}}</ref> | num_employees = 6,300 | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | website = {{URL|https://smiledirectclub.com}} }} '''SmileDirectClub''' was an [[Online and offline|online]] [[dentistry]] company based in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. It started in 2014 and went bankrupt in 2023. It made [[3D printing|3D-printed]] [[clear aligners]] for straightening teeth. They were sold in the United Kingdom for about £1,800 without the need to visit a dentist. It never made a profit and had nearly $900m worth of debt when it closed.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2023-12-10|title=Smil