About Us

A collaboration among faculty, residents, students, and volunteers, Children's Night Clinic serves to educate the primary caregiver and kids on oral health, as well as inform the primary caregiver about insurance and motivate a transition to obtain DentiCal, ultimately securing a dental home for their children. CNC is guided by three mutually supportive sets of aspirations: For the patients To provide oral health education and insurance counseling. To achieve a positive impact on the lives of our community. For the students To create a setting in which students can learn while cultivating sensitivity and an understanding of oral health disparities, social determinants, and systemic barriers to accessing care. For the Community To use Children's Night Clinic as a forum for education and interprofessional intervention to improve oral health disparities. To promote advocacy for the oral health disparities and social determinants of health. Ultimately, we hope this experience will broaden the vision among all schools at UCSF and make us more able and compassionate health care providers for the uninsured population.