Public Resources

Connecting the Chicago community with accessible dental care, specialized services, and confidential mediation to ensure everyone receives the support they need for optimal oral health.

Affordable & Free Services

If you need support for your dental care, we invite you to visit the following resources. These resources offer low-cost or no-cost dental services for those who qualify, ensuring that financial challenges do not stand in the way of essential oral health care.

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Simply plug in your ZIP Code or address to bring up a list of nearby CDS member dentists and dental specialists ready to help keep you smiling and healthy.

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CDS Foundation Clinic

About the CDS Foundation Clinic
The Chicago Dental Society Foundation Clinic provides dental care to low-income residents of DuPage, Cook and Lake counties. The Chicago Dental Society Foundation is the only dental foundation that owns and operates a clinic in Illinois run by all volunteer dentists.

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County Public Health Departments

Cook County Department of Public Health
7556 Jackson Blvd.
Forest Park, IL 60130
708.633.4000

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DuPage County Department of Public Health
111 N. County Farm Rd.
Wheaton, IL 60187
630.682.7400
Urgent Care: 630.682.7400


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Lake County Department of Health
18 N. County St.
Waukegan, IL 60085
847.377.8410

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Mobile & Special Needs Care

If you need support for your dental care, we invite you to visit the following resources. These resources offer low-cost or no-cost dental services for those who qualify, ensuring that financial challenges do not stand in the way of essential oral health care.

Adults & Children with Special Needs

Aunt Martha’s Health Center at Little City
1760 W. Algonquin Rd., Palatine 60067, 877.692.8686


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Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center– Special Patient Dental Care Program
811 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago 60657,
773.871.2188

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Loyola’s Oral Health Center
2160 S. First Ave., Maywood 60153,
888.584.7888

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Children With Special Needs

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Division of Dentistry
225 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago 60611, 800,543.6362

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Oak Park/River Forest Infant Welfare Clinic
320 Lake St., Oak Park 60302,
708.848.0528

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Dentistry for Children and Families
1721 N. Halsted St., Chicago 60614,
312.988.9855

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Dental Lifeline Network

Dental Lifeline Network is a national nonprofit organization that provides access to dental care and education for people who cannot afford it. To request an application, call 888.235.5826, or visit Dental Lifeline Network.

Eligibility
Applicants must lack adequate income to pay for dental care and:

  • Have a permanent disability, or
  • are elderly: age 65 or older, or
  • qualify as medically fragile

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Mobile Dentistry Programs

Advocate Illinois Masonic Mobile Dentistry Program
811 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago 60657,
773.450.8857 or 773.871.1461

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Northwest Community Health Care – Mobile Dental Clinic

  • Elk Grove Township: 847.437.0300
  • Schaumburg Township: 847.884.0030
  • Palatine Township: 847.358.6700
  • Wheeling Township: 847.259.7730

Mediation & Peer Review Service

Chicago Dental Society members always strive to provide you with the best possible oral health care services. Sometimes, however, services don’t go as expected. In those instances, CDS offers a free, and strictly confidential mediation service to help solve those issues, without the expense of a court case.
  • The first step is for a patient to download and complete the Request for Review of Dental Services Form.
  • Working with Illinois State Dental Society (ISDS), CDS then assigns the request to members of the CDS Mediation and Peer Review Committee for their review.
  • Committee members are dentists volunteering their mediation and peer review services. They may ask to interview or examine the patient and talk with the dentist who provided treatment.
  • The entire process is free and strictly confidential. Dentists choose whether or not to participate.
  • In some cases, CDS is able to resolve complaints to both parties’ satisfaction.
  • This service is available to member dentists of the Illinois State Dental Society. Find out if the dentist is a member.
As the ISDS oversees the program, patients must first complete the Request for Review of Dental Services Form and mail it to:

Illinois State Dental Society
Committee on Mediations and Clinical Peer Review
P.O. Box 376
Springfield, IL 62705

Questions? Contact Chicago Dental Society.

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