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Gainesville Dental Clinics

The UF College of Dentistry in Gainesville offers a complete range of general and specialty dental services and oral health care, for adults and children, in one location. We provide the latest technologies in a professional learning environment conveniently located at the UF Academic Health Center on the UF campus. Our general and specialty care spans general dentistry, endodontics, esthetics, facial pain, oral & maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine, orthodontics, prosthodontics, periodontics and children’s dental care.

• Faculty Dental Practice: 352-273-7954 | Expert faculty provide all general and specialty care in a private practice environment; fees are comparable to private practice
• DMD Student General Dentistry: 352-273-6700 or 800-633-3953 | DMD students provide quality, affordable care under close supervision of experienced faculty; fees are generally 50 percent less than private practice
• Urgent Dental Care: 352-273-6705 | For urgent care needs, tooth extractions are performed for a fee that covers an exam, x-ray and one simple extractions; dental students treat patients under faculty supervision
• Resident Dental Practices | Residents who have a dental degree practice with faculty supervision; fees are generally 80 percent of those in a private practice: Endodontics (root canals): 352-273-5430, Operative Dentistry & Esthetics (fillings, crowns, veneers): 352-273-7957, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery: 352-273-6731, Orthodontics (braces): 352-273-5651, Pediatric Dental Care (children): 352-273-7643, Prosthodontics (crowns, bridges, dentures and dental implants): 352-273-6910, Periodontics (gum disease, dental implants): 352-273-7846

UF Statewide Dental Centers

The college has four dental centers in other parts of Florida as part of the UF Statewide Network for Community Oral Health.

• Hialeah Dental Center: 305-694-5400
• St. Petersburg Dental Center, Seminole: 727-893-5050
• NCEF Pediatric Dental Center, Naples: 239-920-4523
• UF Health Dentistry Wildlight, Wildlight/Yulee: 904-427-8587

College of Dentistry Specialty Care Centers

• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: 352-273-6731 | Oral surgery is a referral clinic and should receive those referrals by fax at 352-392-6909 to the attention of the receptionist
• Oral Medicine Center: 352-273-6731 | Provides care to patients with unusual oral lesions or conditions, and patients with oral problems associated with systemic diseases and concerns related to head and neck cancer. Staffed by dentists with specialty training and expertise in oral medicine, oral pathology and oral oncology
• Center for Implant Dentistry: 352-273-6715 | Care is provided by faculty and fellows, dentists who have completed residency and are learning a particular area within a specialty
• Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology: 352-273-6775 | Offers a variety of radiographic and consultative services to practitioners. Dictated reports including findings, diagnostic impressions, and pertinent comments are returned to the referring practitioner for all procedures performed 
• Maxillofacial Prosthetic Services: 352-273-7954 | Services center around providing fixed and removable prosthetic rehabilitation of congenital, developmental and acquired defects due to trauma or disease; specialize in a team-based, interdisciplinary approach to achieve prosthetic rehabilitation as well as management of patients undergoing radiation and chemotherapy (more information)
• Student Oral Surgery Clinic: 352-273-6705 | If you have a toothache or facial swelling, you can be treated even if you are not a current patient. Patients for the day are selected by a lottery system at 7:00 a.m., Monday-Friday. The drawing for both morning and afternoon clinics takes place at 7:00 a.m., so even if you would prefer to be treated in the afternoon, you must be here for the 7:00 a.m. drawing

Academic Departments

• Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science: 352-273-5971
• Endodontics: 352-273-5440
• Oral Biology: 352-273-8850
• Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences: 352-273-6775
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery: 352-273-6750
• Orthodontics: 352-273-5700
• Pediatric Dentistry: 352-273-7631
• Periodontology: 352-273-8360
• Restorative Dental Sciences: 352-273-5850

UFCD Research Centers

• Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE)
• Center for Dental Biomaterials
• Center for Implant Dentistry
• Center for Molecular Microbiology
• Center for Orphaned Autoimmune Disorders
• Dental Clinical Research Unit
• National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
• Southeast Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health

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