SCO Group Launches Official Ambassador Program for 'paylight X' with 9 Up-and-coming Dentists to Evolve Dental Care from the Front Line

SCO Group Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and Chairman: Yusuke Tamai; hereinafter 'SCO Group') is pleased to announce the appointment of nine up-and-coming dentists active nationwide as 'paylight X Official Ambassadors' with the aim of further enhancing the product value of the all-in-one platform for dental clinics, 'paylight X.' Official Website: https://www.pay-light.com/ambassador 'paylight X' is an all-in-one platform that centralizes reception, clinical examination, accounting, and communication for dental clinics. By integrating functions necessary for clinic operation such as reservation management, sub-charts, image management, payments, AI phone, and AI messaging, it has realized improved productivity in clinic operations and qualitative enhancement of the patient experience. In this ambassador program, doctors who are well-versed in both clinical practice and management at the forefront of dental care will use 'paylight X' continuously in actual clinical settings. By directly reflecting real operational data, feedback, and improvement proposals from a clinical perspective into product development, we aim to evolve 'paylight X' into a more practical and reliable platform. SCO Group believes that fusing clinical voices with technology is the driving force that will move the dental healthcare industry forward. Through this official ambassador appointment, we will collaborate with doctors as partners to create the future of dental care together and strengthen 'paylight X' as a truly indispensable foundation for dental clinics. ■ Ambassador Profiles (In alphabetical order) Dr. Toshitaka Abe (Director, Shinjuku Kaede Dental & Plastic Surgery) March 2002: Graduated from Tokyo Dental College April 2002: Joined the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine Trained in Emergency Medicine (Abdominal Emergency), Anesthesiology, and Radiology (Oncology) at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital October 2006: Assistant Professor, Tokyo Women's Medical University March 2007: Resigned from Tokyo Women's Medical University April 2007: Vice Director, Shinjuku West Exit Dental Clinic, Suiseikai Medical Corporation April 2007: Vice Director, Yamamoto Dental Clinic October 2009: Director, Shinjuku Gyoenmae Dental March 2011: Chairman of the Board, Yukyokai Medical Corporation May 2014: Director, Abe Dental Clinic May 2017: Chairman of the Board, Kaedekai Medical Corporation December 2020: Advisor, Smart Checkout Co., Ltd. (now SCO Group Inc.) April 2025: Director, Shinjuku Kaede Dental & Plastic Surgery For patients, the time spent in the clinic other than treatment is probably not very comfortable. If paylight X can shorten the time taken for reservations and payments, I expect we can focus on truly important things like treatment and hospitality. Dr. Keisuke Inoue (Chairman of the Board, I Dental Clinic) 1997: Graduated from Tokyo Dental College 2003: Assistant, Third Department of Prosthodontics, Tokyo Dental College 2005: Assistant, Department of Prosthodontics, Tokyo Dental College Suidobashi Hospital 2007: Director, Goto Dental Clinic, Shinryokai Medical Corporation 2010: Chairman of the Board, I Dental Clinic, Shinryokai Medical Corporation 2023: Established the Japanese Society of Pediatric Oral Development (NPD) With a declining population and an aging society, recruitment is at its limit; the shortage of dental hygienists (job opening ratio of 23 times) is a reality. This is an era where premises change not only for accounting but also for chart entry, reservations, and phone calls. Generative AI x paylight X is the entrance to 'dentistry that works even with a labor shortage,' and I am convinced it is the protagonist of the era. Dr. Hideaki Ema (Vice Director, Ema Family Dental & Orthodontics) 2008: Graduated from Nihon University Matsudo School of Dentistry 2015: Joined Ema Family Dental & Orthodontics Part-time Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, Nihon University Matsudo School of Dentistry In the process of DX, I have experienced many situations where the workload actually increased. paylight X reconstructs the workflow with AI, achieving both a reduction in administrative man-hours and the securing of time to face patients, which I expect will contribute to the improvement of the quality of dental care. As an ambassador, I want to convey the value from a clinical perspective. Dr. Takuya Oshima (Chairman of the Board, Nihonbashi Sukoyaka Dental & Orthodontics) 2010: Graduated from Nippon Dental University 2011: Worked at Meikai University PDI Saitama Dental Clinic 2014: Worked at Oshima Dental Clinic 2015: Opened Nihonbashi Sukoyaka Dental & Orthodontics 2020: Established Good Time Medical Corporation 2023: Opened Kayabacho Sukoyaka Dental & Orthodontics (Comment pending)