To our Patient Members:
There will be no Dental walk-in hours on December 6, 2019 in Orange.  We will still have or regularly scheduled walk-in hours available on Saturday December 7 at 102 Main Street in Greenfield.

Welcome to our Dental Practice!

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.

CHCFC Dental
​at Baystate Franklin Medical Center

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

Urgent walk in Dental care is available in both our Orange and downtown Greenfield locations.

Care provided in our office in Orange Is available in the morning only on Fridays. Patient care starts at 8:00am, but you must arrive and be checked in before 7:30am. Please understand 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.

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

  • The Academy of Early Learning
  • Bernardston Elementary School
  • Conway Grammar School
  • Dexter Park Elementary School
  • The Discovery School at Four Corners Elementary School
  • Federal Street School
  • Fisher Hill Elementary School
  • Gill Elementary School
  • The Greenfield Girls’ Club
  • Hillcrest Elementary School
  • Sheffield Elementary School
  • Sunderland Elementary School
  • Newton Street School
  • Northfield Elementary School
  • Whately Elementary School
  • Warwick Elementary School

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 dentinal hypersensitivity
  • Kills pathogenic organisms
  • Hardens softened dentin making it more acid and abrasion resistant