Welcome to our Dental Practice!

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CHCFC Dental ​at Baystate Franklin Medical Center
is temporarily closed until further notice due to COVID-19

The Community Health Center of Franklin County has two offices where you can receive your dental care, one located in downtown Greenfield and the other in Orange. In addition to offering urgent dental walk-in care at these two sites, we have a Dental Clinic located at 164 High Street in Greenfield, inside the Baystate Franklin Medical Center!

We also are proud to have a mobile school based dental program created in 2014 that was initially made possible by the Marion F. Boynton Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee.  Read more about this program below.

We recently began offering treatment using Silver Diamine Fluoride which is a pain free alternative treatment option for some cases of tooth decay. Read below for more information.

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Changes due to COVID in our dental department

An exciting day in our dental department in Greenfield! A total of 5 dental rooms were given glass doors to allow our dental team to expand the care being offered while COVID concerns still persist. Some dental treatment creates a mist or droplets, so we have taken these steps to protect our patients and staff and continue to offer the greatest extent of care possible.

Urgent Dental Care

Please note** In order to meet both the need for emergency dental care and the needs of our current patients, we are strictly limiting new patient appointments until we can adjust our capacity for the COVID-19 crisis

                                             Please consult with one of our staff
                         before arriving in person for urgent care.

Urgent walk in Dental care is available in both our Orange and downtown Greenfield locations. Given limited capacity during the COVID crisis we ask all patients to speak with one of our staff before arriving.

Urgent Care provided in Orange is only available on Friday mornings. Patient care starts at 8:00am, please plan to arrive and be checked in before 7:30am. We have limited capacity for urgent care although we will do all that we can to attend to those who arrive for care.

In downtown Greenfield we offer a morning and an afternoon session for Urgent Care every Tuesday. Patient care begins at 8:00am, but we ask that you arrive and be checked in by 7:30am for the morning session. Additionally, we offer Urgent Care on Saturdays. Please plan to arrive and check in by 7:00am.
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Our Dental Clinic located at Baystate Franklin Medical Center is open Sunday-Thursday. Patient care begins at 8:00am, and we reserve time for walk-in patients at this hour. If you arrive early, please sign in and wait in the cafeteria. Please understand we have limited capacity, though we will do all that we can to attend to those who arrive for care.

Pictured: Dr. Richard Szal,
Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon

 I was very inspired by Dr. Szal's life, work and approach to care - what an amazing individual. I loved the spirit of not accepting an unfair status quo, and doing everything - EVERYTHING - to provide the best care possible. Down to spinning the patients blood to create a fibrin patch to repair their bone because this person was in dire need, or staying late on Saturdays to treat patients and offering mouth sculpting so that folks could get life changing dentures. I think many in that position would say 'its too much to ask'; or 'it can't be done, I don't have the resources"; and that Dr. Szal wouldn't accept that as okay was so inspiring.

- Clinical Student from Harvard/MGH

School Based Mobile Dental Hygiene Program

In 2014, Community Health Center of Franklin County started a mobile dental hygiene program designed to provide care to children in various schools throughout our region. We currently serve 19 schools and locations in the surrounding communities.

We have performed 417 visits, providing 194 sealants, 219 cleanings, and 338 fluoride applications.
The School Dental Program was initially grant funded and together with billable revenue we have made the program sustainable and still growing!

Schools We've Visited:

• Hillcrest Elementary School
• Sheffield Elementary School
• Sunderland Elementary School
• Newton Street School
• Northfield Elementary School
• Whately Elementary School
• Warwick Elementary School

 Silver Diamine Flouride Treatments

Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) is an aqueous solution composed of  Silver, Fluoride and Ammonia used on some forms of decay. It is applied using a micro brush in a matter of minutes without the use of a drill or needles of any kind. This is an ideal treatment for use with children or those with dental anxiety.

Silver Diamine Fluoride has been used extensively around the globe for decades. Advantage Arrest silver diamine fluoride 38% will change how you offer your patients the protection they deserve. Advantage Arrest:

• Provides immediate relief from dental hypersensitivity
• Kills pathogenic organisms
• Hardens softened dentin making it more acid and abrasion resistant​

Silver Diamine Fluoride brochure