Tobias K. Boehm (January 23, 2025)
If you need dental care, but cannot afford it, consider seeking care at a community health center, federally qualified health center (FQHC), free clinic, dental school clinic or hygiene school clinic. All these places offer dental treatment at reduced cost and likely accept Dentical insurance, which covers basic dental treatment in children and for some adults. I have received referrals or worked with dentists from these clinics, or found their information on the web.
Here is a map of these clinics in the Inland Empire, High Desert, Coachella Valley and portions of the San Gabriel Valley. You can zoom in or out, and you can click on each marker for the contact information.
If there is an error, or you would like to add a dental clinic providing free or low cost services in the Inland Empire, High Desert, Coachella Valley or adjacent parts of Orange County and San Gabriel Valley, please contact info@thedentalinstitute.org.
About the author:
Tobias K. Boehm, DDS, PhD, MBA, PC, DABP, DICOI, FGDIA is the founder of The Dental Institute, executive director at The Defeating Epilepsy Foundation and a professor at Western University of Health Sciences where he teaches and practices a periodontal specialist.
References:
(1) Google Maps
(2) California Department of Health Care Access and Information. https://funding.hcai.ca.gov/fqhc-site-search/