Midwestern University Dental Institute

What it costs

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

When it's open

Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm.

Closed for routine visits during school breaks and holidays. Current patients can get emergency care from 8:30am to 1pm during breaks.

Will they take me?

Your first visit is a short exam to see if your needs fit what students are learning. Most people are accepted. If not, you are told that day and referred elsewhere. For urgent problems like swelling or a broken filling, call during business hours.

Patients from age 1.

• Screening visit first; not everyone is accepted
• You must accept the full treatment plan; you cannot pick only parts of it or split care with a private dentist, except for emergency care
• Bring photo ID, a form of payment, your insurance card and a list of your medicines
• New patients arrive 30 minutes early with the new patient forms
• Ask your last dentist to send recent X-rays before your first visit
• Children cannot come into the treatment area and must be watched by another adult in the waiting room
• Cancel at least 48 hours ahead; 3 missed visits can end your care
• Orthodontics is only for current Dental Institute patients
• If you do not speak English, bring someone to translate

How long it takes

Each visit: Longer than at a private dentist

Visits: A screening visit, then a visit to plan treatment, then treatment visits

How to get in

Call 630-743-4500 to book a screening visit. If you are accepted, you get a team of dental students. You can have the full exam and X-rays the same day or book them for later. Then you review your treatment plan and its cost.

Clinic

630-743-4500

Patient Accounts (MWU Cares financial help)

630-743-4608

Paying

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

Some insurance plans are accepted and the clinic files those claims. For other plans, you pay in full and get a claim form to send in yourself.

What they do

• Preventive dentistry and dental hygiene
• Diagnostic procedures including digital radiography and cone beam CT imaging
• Dental restorations such as fillings and CAD/CAM esthetic restorations
• Crowns, bridges, partial and full dentures, and dental implants
• Minor oral surgery, veneers and tooth whitening
• Pediatric dentistry for children ages 1 to 13: exams, cleanings, fillings, minor oral surgery, early orthodontic evaluation
• Orthodontics (braces and clear aligners) for current Dental Institute patients only
• Urgent care during business hours for swelling, broken fillings or appliances and similar problems

Where it is

Midwestern University Clinics, 3450 Lacey Rd
Downers Grove, IL 60515

The parking garage is right behind the clinic, not on Lacey Road. Turn onto Woodcreek Drive to reach the clinic driveway. Ride help: DuPage County Senior Services (800-713-7445) and York Township Senior Ride Program (630-620-2413).

Payment is due at each visit. For crowns, bridges, dentures, implants and root canals, you pay half when treatment starts and the rest when it is finished. If money is tight, ask about the MWU Cares program for people with financial hardship.