Welcome to our Dental Practice!
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The Community Health Center of Franklin County has two offices where you can receive your dental care, one located in Turners Falls and the other in Orange. In addition to offering urgent dental walk-in care at these two sites, we have a Urgent Dental Clinic located at 164 High Street in Greenfield, inside the Baystate Franklin Medical Center. Walk-in care with no appointment needed!
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. |
Urgent Dental Walk-In Care
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Urgent Dental care is available in both our Orange and Turners Falls 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 Turners Falls 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 in Turners Falls. Patient care begins at 7:00am and we ask that you arrive and are checked in by 6:30am. |
School Based Mobile Dental Hygiene Program
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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
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Silver Diamine Fluoride
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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.
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