Find a Doctor or Dentist
Doctors and dentists that are experienced in helping people with intellectual or developmental disabilities:
Community Health Centers
Spread across 50 states and all U.S. territories; there are 1,200 Community Health Centers that provide vital primary care to 18 million Americans with limited financial resources. To find a community health center near you, click on http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov
Special Olympics / Healthy Athletes: Provider Directory
Special Olympics / Healthy Athletes have compiled a Health Care (Doctors and Dentists) Provider Directory for local health practitioners who have experience in the needs and care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. To access this directory, visit: http://info.specialolympics.org/ProviderDirectoryHA/search.asp?lang=eng
Below are some links our members have provided for Dentists in their area who see patients with I/DD living in the community:
California - Peter S. Joe, DDS, PC -1427 Mission Street South Pasadena, CA 91030 (626) 403-1800
Kentucky - The Lee Specialty Clinic - 1800 Bluegrass Avenue, Suite A Louisville, KY 40215 (502) 368-2348 - The Lee Specialty Clinic
Massachusetts - Tufts Advanced General Dentistry Clinic - 1 Kneeland St. Boston, MA - (617) 636-4067 Tufts Dental Clinic
Texas - Brenham SSLC - 4001 Texas 36 South, Brenham TX 77833 (979) 277-1630
Texas - Richmond SSLC - 2100 Preston St, Richmond, TX 77469 (281) 232-2075
VOR Quality of Care Committee – Resources for Improving Dental Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (IID)
The Right to Appropriate Care from the Developmental Disabilities Act Bill of Rights with Highlighted references to references to medical and dental care
For More Information on The Lee Specialty Clinic (formerly the Underwood-Lee Clinic)
“An Oasis of Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities” by Dan Barry, New York Times, December 30, 2014
“A New Wave of Progress in Health Care is Coming” by Matt Holder from Exceptional Magazine, August 26, 2014
Matt Holder, MD; MDBA and Henry Hood, DMD,
Tribute to Louise Underwood - June 2008
More articles and organizations
Michigan Dental Access organization: They have been pushing legislation that would license Dental Therapists to provide dental care under the supervision of a dentist. This would be a professional equivalent to a nurse practitioner or physician’ s assistant.
“Dental Practitioner Bills could undercut care of the developmentally disabled” by Dave Kassel, The COFAR Blog, February 27, 2017
“Unusual dental clinic is a boon for the developmentally disabled” Georgia Health, July 21, 2015
“The risks of dental sedation and how to make it safer” by Jill Barker from The DD News Blog, March 8, 2012
“Trauma-free Dental Care” by Jill Barker from The DD News Blog, May 14, 2009
Access to Dental Care in Medicaid: Spotlight on Nonelderly Adults by Elizabeth Hinton and Julia Paradise, March 17, 2016 , Kaiser Health News”
“Washtenaw County Dental Clinic" Celebrates Two Years and Over 10,000 Patient Visits, Now Accepts All Medicaid Plans”, 2/16/17
