Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Student Clinic

What it costs

First visit with basic X-raySome patients pay extra for special X-rays.

$120 to $180

Urgent care visitThe fee is set after your first exam. From a 2023 fee page; call to confirm.

$59 to $350

Special Patients Clinic first consultation with X-rays

$140

Care in the student clinic costs 30 to 50% of what the school's faculty practice charges. The faculty practice charges about the same as private dentists.

When it's open

Student clinic: Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm. Urgent care walk-in registration on weekday mornings and early afternoons, Tuesday 1pm to 2pm only; call to confirm.

Closed on university holidays and academic breaks.

Will they take me?

Anyone can call to become a patient; no referral is needed for the student clinic. After an evaluation you are assigned to a student dentist. Urgent care takes walk-in registration on weekdays (Tuesday afternoons only); call first to confirm the times.

• Bring a photo ID
• Bring your original medical insurance card, if you have insurance
• Bring a list of all medicines with doses, including vitamins and supplements
• Bring your doctor's name and contact information
• Bring recent lab results if you have a condition that needs them (for example, A1c if you have diabetes)
• Children's clinic: ages 1 to 12; a parent must show a photo ID

How long it takes

Each visit: Up to 4 hours

Visits: You may need several appointments

How to get in

Call (213) 740-2800 to book a first visit. For urgent care, register in person: registration opens at 7:30am and ends at 2pm.

Clinic

(213) 740-2800

General questions

(213) 740-2805

Urgent care clinic

(213) 740-1576

Special Patients Clinic

(213) 740-5094

Pediatric Dentistry Clinic

(213) 740-0412

Paying

Ask about payment when you call. Denti-Cal (Medi-Cal dental) is taken only at some of the school's resident clinics, not the student clinic.

Does not take Medicaid.

What they do

• Routine care, braces, dentures, cosmetic treatment and dental surgery
• Urgent Care and Dental Trauma Center: treats infection, removes decay, replaces broken fillings, repairs fractures and treats injuries
• Dr. Roseann Mulligan Special Patients Clinic for medically compromised, disabled and elderly patients (no referral needed)
• Pediatric Dentistry Clinic for ages 1 to 12, including special needs (no referral needed)
• Specialty clinics run by residents; endodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, oral surgery need a dentist's referral; orthodontics and orofacial pain do not

Where it is

Norris Dental Science Center, 925 West 34th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089

On the University Park Campus near Jefferson Boulevard and McClintock Avenue. Enter through the main lobby and check in at a kiosk.