Alachua County Community-Based Programs

The College of Dentistry’s Saving Smiles program promotes children’s oral health by offering free, on-site preventive and limited dental care through collaboration with our outstanding community partners in Alachua County and the surrounding areas.

The UF College of Dentistry and the Arc of Alachua County have partnered to provide oral health screenings and prevention-focused dental care to adults with special health care needs in North Central Florida.

Our oral health surveillance programs enable the College of Dentistry to take a snapshot of Alachua County’s health needs, plan oral health programs, and evaluate the effectiveness of existing programs. Oral health surveillance dental screenings, our school-based dental sealant program and our fluoride varnish program all work to surveil and address oral health needs in the community.

Super Sealant Saturday annually provides UF College of Dentistry students and faculty the opportunity to serve children in the Gainesville and surrounding counties with a day of free preventative dental care and education at the college.