Welcome to Children's Dental Services
612-746-1530 or 866-543-6009 (toll free)
Welcome to Children's Dental Services
612-746-1530 or 866-543-6009 (toll free)
Our Mission and General
Our Mission and General
Our Mission and General
Since 1919, Children's Dental Services (CDS) is dedicated to improving the oral health of children from families with low incomes by providing accessible treatment and education to our diverse community.
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Our History
Our Mission and General
Our Mission and General
Children's Dental Services provides a full range of dental services to children from birth until age twenty-six, and to pregnant women and people of all ages. Since the onset of COVID-19 in March of 2020, CDS also provides comprehensive services to patients of all ages, 100 +.
Established in 1919, Children’s Dental Services is the only co
Children's Dental Services provides a full range of dental services to children from birth until age twenty-six, and to pregnant women and people of all ages. Since the onset of COVID-19 in March of 2020, CDS also provides comprehensive services to patients of all ages, 100 +.
Established in 1919, Children’s Dental Services is the only community dental services agency in Minnesota dedicated exclusively to providing oral health outreach, education, and treatment to children and pregnant women across the state.Children's Dental Services makes every effort to see children with painful emergency dental problems within 24 to 48 hours. If you or your child has urgent dental needs please call us at (612) 746-1530.
Site Locations
Our Mission and General
Our Staff & Volunteers
636 Broadway St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
728 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414
25 West Superior St, Duluth, MN 55802 (opening in late 2023)
And at satellite sites in Duluth, International Falls, the Iron Range, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Worthington, and 66 counties across Minnesota.
Please call us at 612-746-1530 or 1-866-543-6009 (toll free
636 Broadway St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
728 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414
25 West Superior St, Duluth, MN 55802 (opening in late 2023)
And at satellite sites in Duluth, International Falls, the Iron Range, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Worthington, and 66 counties across Minnesota.
Please call us at 612-746-1530 or 1-866-543-6009 (toll free) to receive information about a site convenient for you
Our Staff & Volunteers
Our Staff & Volunteers
Our Staff & Volunteers
Children’s Dental Services is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation employing over 100 qualified and culturally competent staff across Minnesota, including clinical care teams in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Iron Range, Moorhead and St. Cloud regions. An Executive Director manages daily operations and a volunteer board of directors provides po
Children’s Dental Services is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation employing over 100 qualified and culturally competent staff across Minnesota, including clinical care teams in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Iron Range, Moorhead and St. Cloud regions. An Executive Director manages daily operations and a volunteer board of directors provides policy governance. Board members do not receive compensation. Children's Dental Services has alternating bimonthly full board and executive committee meetings. Standing committees are the following: Finance Committee, Nominating Committee, Planning and Evaluation Committee, Personnel Committee.
What's New?
Our Staff & Volunteers
What's New?
Children’s Dental Services Headquarters is currently being expanded to add 6 additional operatories and be completed by June 2023 AND it is the proud owner of 25 W. Superior Street in Duluth, where development of a Northeast Minnesota Dental HUB is underway!
CDS gets a environmentally friendly parking lot:
In the fall of 2016, our East He
Children’s Dental Services Headquarters is currently being expanded to add 6 additional operatories and be completed by June 2023 AND it is the proud owner of 25 W. Superior Street in Duluth, where development of a Northeast Minnesota Dental HUB is underway!
CDS gets a environmentally friendly parking lot:
In the fall of 2016, our East Hennepin office had the previous asphalt parking lot replaced with permeable pavement to help facilitate rainwater management. This type of pavement will help to filter rainwater and prevent it from rushing directing into the nearby Mississippi River. Our permeable parking lot was made possible by grants and direction from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.
Children's Dental Services Featured on the WCCO Evening News:
On October 17th, WCCO Twin Cities channel 4 News, visited one of our two main clinics which is named after and dedicated to Dr. John Williams who widely influenced who we are. He was a former NFL football player and U of MN graduate turned Dentist from North Minneapolis.
Children's Dental Services IS GREEN!
Children's Dental Services is a leader in environmentally sustainable business practices through the following initiatives:
- Agency-wide recycling
- Compost planning is underway with the support of the Hennepin County Environmental Health Division
- Solar panel installation at headquarters locations
- Rain barrels and rain gardens provide water savings and reduce runoff
- Children's Dental Services buildings include white reflective roofs to minimize heat retention
- Partnering with Mississippi Watershed Management Organization to improve permeability and rain water management
- All paint in Children's Dental Services building is non-VOC, insulation used has increased R-factor, energy-efficient lighting is used throughout
- Children's Dental Services voluntarily utilizes an amalgam-separator for waste
TIMBERWOLVES MASCOT TEACHES KIDS ABOUT GOOD ORAL HEALTH:
"Crunch" visited two Children's Dental Services locations in spring 2015: Southridge Elementary School in the Iron Range community of Culver, MN and Emerson Spanish Immersion School in Minneapolis. In partnership with Delta Dental of Minnesota "Crunch" teaches kids how to "crunch their bad dental habits". Click the links below to see Crunch in action.
Awards
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What's New?
Children’s Dental Services (CDS) has been recognized by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for using technology in an effective and creative way. In February 2017 CDS received the DOT.org Award for the organization’s innovative telehealth program utilized throughout rural Minnesota. There is currently a significant lack of access to dent
Children’s Dental Services (CDS) has been recognized by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for using technology in an effective and creative way. In February 2017 CDS received the DOT.org Award for the organization’s innovative telehealth program utilized throughout rural Minnesota. There is currently a significant lack of access to dental care in most rural Minnesota counties, but the Rural Teledentistry Network Project implemented by CDS alleviates this issue by provides access to dental care utilizing teledentistry in remote regions of the state. Care is specifically targeted to low-income children and pregnant women, and CDS has been successful in expanding the telehealth network across rural Minnesota, providing care in 16 previously underserved counties.
A 2015 Minneapolis Health Department Public Health Heroes Award was given to Children's Dental Services based on its significant efforts in improving access to culturally targeted dental care for low-income communities across Minneapolis.
Children's Dental Services received 2014 Eide Bailly Resourcefullness Award for its implementation of cost savings measure in both clinic and administrative operations.
In 2008, Children's Dental Services was awarded the Governor's Award for Excellence in Waste and Pollution Prevention which includes recognition of its energy efficient lighting, increased insulation, natural flooring, no VOC paint, rain garden, white reflective roof, solar panels, and rain barrels.
Children's Dental Services produced by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Children's Dental Services' Executive Director, Sarah Wovcha, is the 2007 recipient of the Betty Hubbard Maternal and Child Health Leadership Award.
Children's Dental Services is the proud recipient of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Mission Innovations Award in 2006 for its highly efficient portable dental care program. Watch this YouTube Video to learn more about Children's Dental Services’ cost-effective operations.
THANK YOU to our many generous donors and supporters!
