From cleanings and crowns to braces and root canals, you can find expertise in every area across our family of clinics at Indiana University School of Dentistry. If you're not sure what care you need, start in our Comprehensive Care Clinic and we'll make sure you get exactly where you need to be.
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| Provider Experience | 1-2 years | 2+ years | 6+ years |
General dentistry services like cleanings, fillings, crowns, and dentures, are provided by third-year and fourth-year Doctor of Dental Surgery students in the school’s Comprehensive Care Clinics. Each clinic is overseen by a director who is a licensed dentist. The clinic directors closely supervise the student dentists to ensure that you receive the best possible care. If you're not sure exactly what care you need, this is the place to start!
If you are in acute pain, or having a dental emergency such as an abscess, infection, or broken tooth, you can get help at the Indiana University School of Dentistry Emergency Clinic—a walk-in clinic that sees patients on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Emergency Clinic is open on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8–11 a.m. and 1–3:30 p.m. It is closed on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Endodontists focus on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of the dental pulp and related tissues inside the teeth. They frequently perform root canals.
Patients in the Graduate Endodontics Clinic are treated by Residents.
Learn more about our Graduate Endodontics Clinic
Operative Dentistry involves treating missing or malformed portions of the teeth caused by tooth decay, trauma, discoloration, or unusual development. Treatment includes veneers and direct-fill restorations, such as amalgams, resins, or glass ionomers.
Patients in the Graduate Operative Clinic are treated by Residents.
Learn more about our Graduate Operative Clinic
Oral & maxillofacial surgeons perform surgical procedures of the mouth, jaws, and face. These include wisdom tooth removal, surgical extractions, biopsies of mouth lesions, dental implantology, orthognathic (facial deformity) surgery, repair of facial fractures, cleft lip and palate repair, facial cosmetic surgery, and the surgical management of temporomandibular (jaw joint) disorders.
There are two Oral Surgery clinics administered by IUSD, one staffed by Students and one staffed by Residents.
Orthodontists address issues and irregularties related to the alignment of the jaw and teeth using methods such as braces, clear aligners, and appliances.
Patients in the Orthodontics Clinic are treated by Residents.
Learn more about our Orthodontics Clinic
Pediatric dentists work with infants, children, and adolescents. The school’s pediatric dentistry clinics accept patients up to age 14.
There are two pediatric dentistry clinics administered by IUSD, one with care provided by Students and one with care provided by Residents.
Periodontists focus on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of the tissues that support the teeth, such as the gums.
Patients in the Graduate Periodontology Clinic are treated by Residents.
Learn more about our Graduate Periodontology Clinic
Prosthodontists treat problems related to missing teeth through the use of artificial replacements such as bridges, dentures, and dental implants.
Patients in the Graduate Prosthodontics Clinic are treated by Residents.
Learn more about our Graduate Prosthodontics Clinic
The Dental Faculty Practice (DFP) is a general dentistry and multispecialty office staffed by licensed dentists who are full-time faculty members at the School of Dentistry. We’re located in downtown Indianapolis at the IU School of Dentistry.
Students do not treat patients at the Dental Faculty Practice; all care is provided by faculty members.
In addition to our comprehensive care and speciality clinics, IU School of Dentistry is also home to institutes and centers which function across clinics to manage complicated treatment plans or other unique needs.
The Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD) TMJ Institute is a multidisciplinary, collaborative clinic designed to support the treatment of patients with dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). By establishing a customized, interprofessional consensus to patient care, the IUSD TMJ Institute offers a "One-Stop Shop" for patients referred to the Institute with intractable TMJ symptoms. It creates a better understanding of a patient's pathology and enables TMJ patients to feel more valued by playing an active role in their own treatment planning process.
Learn more about our TMJ Institute
The department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery also offers specialist care in Hospital and Special Care Dentistry, as well as Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine. These services are provided by highly trained faculty specializing in these areas of expertise.
Learn more about Dental Sleep Medicine
