Address: 618 North Benton / P.O. Box 5681, Springfield, MO 65801

To provide core dental services to children and young adults. Adult services will be added when resources allow.

Dental health promotion and dental repair to children and young adults is provided by area dentists and dental assistants. This program is partially funded by federal monies and also by clients who pay for their service based on their income. This program is currently looking for more dentists and dental assistants to improve and extend the practice.

Patients who feel they need services call the agency and are put on a waiting list. There is a waiting list and an income-based fee schedule. The clinic does not allow referrals, however, school nurses can suggest to parents that their children be sent to the clinic and can help add their child to the waiting list.

Types of Providers

Care is provided by 6 dentists and a number of trained dental assistants. The program is currently looking for more dentists and dental assistants to improve and extend the practice.

Jordan Valley Dental Clinic opened in April 2003. Community partnerships have been vital to the assessment and planning processes necessary to identify gaps in the current delivery systems and for a framework of service delivery.