UCLA Dental Clinic Opens Doors in Venice
UCLA has opened a new dental clinic in Venice designed to provide low-cost care to low-income residents of the community.
Located in a former bank at 323 Lincoln Blvd., the facility replaces the UCLA Venice Dental Clinic, which opened in 1969 after dental care was identified in a survey as the greatest unmet health need of area residents.
Opened in October, the new clinic is designed to look much like a private practitioner’s office, a UCLA official said. It has 12 dental chairs, two patient education rooms, a conference room and staff offices. The clinic, which cost $2.1 million to build, was funded primarily by private donations.
The new clinic doubles the number of patients who can be treated by UCLA dental staff and students. The facility is expected to schedule 10,000 appointments a year.
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