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Patient Dental Care at UFCD
Welcome to Patient Care at the UF College of Dentistry! To get started, please consider the following questions.
Where do you live?
- Gainesville
- See below for the various types of dental care the UFCD Gainesville clinics offer.
- Miami/South Florida
- Visit the Hialeah Dental Clinic. Call 305-694-5400 for more information.
- Naples/Southwest Florida
- Visit the NCEF Pediatric Dental Center. Call 239-775-3052 for more information.
- Tampa/St. Petersburg
- Visit the St. Petersburg Dental Clinic. Call 727-394-6064 for more information.
What type of care are you interested in?
Free Dental Care
Unfortunately, the college is unable to provide free dental care. There may be services available through federally-qualified health centers.
Urgent Care
- Tooth extractions performed in the Student Oral Surgery (SOS) Clinic
- When possible, patients are referred to Endodontics for further evaluation in an effort to save the affected tooth
- Patients for the day are selected by a lottery-type system at 7:00 a.m. Monday–Friday
- $145 fee (exam, X-ray and simple extraction)
- Call 352-273-6705 for more information
Student Dental Clinics
- Fees are generally 30 to 50 percent less than in private practice
- Open to the public (patients will be screened to ensure dental needs are compatible with educational needs)
- Dental students perform care, supervised by faculty members
- To apply for a screening appointment, download the patient pre-screening application
to print out, complete and mail to us. You may also call 352-273-9097 to request an application be mailed to you.
Faculty Practice
- Dental Faculty see patients in a private practice setting. We are a quality dental facility, managed by highly qualified dental care professionals.
- All types of general and specialty care treatments performed by our faculty members
- Fees are comparable to private practice
- Call 352-273-7950 for more information or to make an appointment
Specialty Care
Dental residents (graduate students) provide care in these clinics for slightly lower fees than in faculty practice/private practice.
- Children's Dental Care
- Endodontics (root canals)
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthodontics (braces)
- Prosthodontics (crowns, bridges and dentures)
- Periodontology (gum disease treatment)
- Visit our complete directory of clinics for more information on where to get specialized dental care.
Not sure?
Give us a call and we can help: 352-273-7950 or toll-free 800-633-3953
