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Submit to SMILE Health 2025

Empowering Innovation that Helps the World SMILE

SMILE Health is the accelerator program where transformational solutions to improve oral health take center stage.

We support innovators who challenge norms and are ready to advance solutions that improve accessibility, equity, and propel the integration between oral health and overall health.

CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER have joined together to launch SMILE Health for its fourth year. The four month semi-virtual program connects diverse innovators with a network of mission-aligned industry partners who help advance your solution and roadmap.

Benefits for selected participants:

  • Non-Dilutive Cash Stipend: Receive a $15,000 stipend without giving up any equity.
  • Expert-Led Validation Studies: Tap into curated industry data and strengthen your business case.
  • 1:1 Mentorship: Connect with industry veterans who provide personalized guidance.
  • Custom Curriculum: Engage in immersive workshops tailored to health innovators.
  • Dedicated Pitch Support: Workshop pitches to present to medical and oral health leaders at a closed-door Reveal Day and at HLTH.
  • Ongoing Access: Gain a six-month MATTER membership upon program completion to continue building your business.
  • Future Growth: Apply for ACCELERATE, a program that provides incremental funding to collaborate with industry partners on mission-aligned projects. 

This year is focused on three key areas:

  • Advancing Accessible, Equitable, and Integrated Health: How can we make health care, including oral health, more accessible, equitable and/or integrated?
  • Engaging People in their Oral Health: How can we more effectively activate individuals and communities in oral health to enhance health outcomes, promote self-care, and reduce disparities?
  • Connecting Chronic Care with Oral Health: How can we help people at risk or with chronic conditions better manage their overall health through oral health?

   For more information visit carequestinnovation.com/smile-health 

Deadline to apply is May 4, 2025 at 11:59pm ET.

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