Midwestern University Dental Institute

What it costs

Screening visit (about 20 minutes)Checks whether your needs fit what the students can treat.

No cost

Fees are much lower than at a private dental office. You get a cost estimate with your treatment plan.

When it's open

Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm.

During school breaks, current patients can get emergency care from 8:30am to 1pm.

Will they take me?

Adults and children from age 1. Dental students do the work and a licensed dentist checks it. A short screening decides if your needs fit the students' training, and not everyone is accepted. If you are accepted, you get a student team and a full treatment plan. Only current patients get emergency care.

Patients from age 1.

• Screening visit first; not everyone is accepted as a patient
• Bring photo ID, a way to pay, your dental insurance card and a list of your medicines
• Ask your last dentist to send recent X-rays before the screening
• New patients arrive 30 minutes early with the completed paperwork
• You must accept the full treatment plan; you cannot pick only parts of it or split care with a private dentist (except emergency care)
• Give 48 hours notice to cancel; 3 missed or late-cancelled visits and you are dismissed
• Children cannot be left alone in the waiting room or come into the treatment area
• Crowns, bridges, dentures, implants and root canals: pay 50% when treatment starts and the rest when it is finished
• If you do not speak English, bring someone to translate

How long it takes

Each visit: Much longer than at a private dental office

How to get in

Call 623-537-6000 to book a free screening. If you are accepted, you can have the full exam and X-rays the same day or book them later. Paperwork is sent to you by email or text.

Clinic

623-537-6000

Appointment line for new patients

623-321-4152

Paying

Cash, Personal check with valid ID, American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, CareCredit.

Some dental insurance plans are accepted. If your plan is not one of them, you pay in full at the visit and get a claim form to send to your insurer.

What they do

• Preventive dentistry, dental hygiene
• Diagnostic procedures including digital radiography and Cone Beam CT imaging
• Dental restorations (e.g. fillings, CAD/CAM esthetic restorations)
• Replacement of missing teeth (e.g. crowns, bridges, dentures, implants)
• Orthodontics, pediatric dentistry
• Oral surgery, with sedation, including wisdom-teeth removal, tooth extraction and implant placement
• Periodontics: crown lengthening, pocket reduction surgery, tissue grafts
• Root canals, laser dentistry

Where it is

5855 West Utopia Road
Glendale, AZ 85308

From Loop 101, take the 59th Avenue exit. Go past the Glendale Arrowhead Post Office, through the light, and turn left on Utopia Road. The clinics are on the right.

Payment is due at each visit. A returned check costs $30. No gifts or tips for students.