Dientes Community Dental Care
Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States51-200 Employees
Dientes Community Dental Care is a non-profit organization providing comprehensive dental services to underserved populations in Santa Cruz County and neighboring communities. With two bilingual clinics in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, the organization delivers general and specialized dental care—including endodontics, periodontics, hygiene, and pediatric dentistry—across a facility network designed to accommodate a broad patient base. It operates a mid-county, multi-chair facility in Santa Cruz and a co-located dental health center in Watsonville, offering sliding-scale fees to low-income individuals and running outreach programs to bring care to community venues. The organization emphasizes access and quality, supported by annual patient satisfaction indicating high perceived value, and it maintains programs aimed at reducing cost and transportation barriers to care. Based in Santa Cruz, California, Dientes serves children and adults and operates with a mission to improve oral health outcomes for the underserved through education and direct clinical services.