Services
Children's Dental Services provides dental care for children whose families cannot pay for dental care, and for children with insurance.  CDS accepts most insurances and provides assistance in applying for public insurance programs.

The Children's Dental Services clinical headquarters located at 636 Broadway Street NE, Minneapolis, is equipped with ten dental operatories and nitrous oxide analgesia for fearful or uncooperative children. The over one-hundred Children's Dental Services satellite clinics have one or two operatories each and are located in schools or Head Start centers. All sites have intraoral x-ray machines and CDS has the capability to produce digital x-rays.   All routine dental treatment can be done at all sites. Children with behavioral problems and patients needing emergency care are referred to Headquarters for treatment.

Satellite clinics are staffed with a dentist or dental hygienist and one or two dental assistants. Children with parental consent are provided dental treatment during school hours. If parents or guardians wish to be present for their children's dental care, appointments are scheduled in the location most convenient for the family. Neighborhood children are scheduled during business hours in school clinics or after school at Headquarters. CDS Staff working in schools return to Headquarters after school to see patients.

In addition to providing high-quality dental services at fifty locations in the Twin Cities Metro area, CDS hosts an internship program, an oral health screening program, and Native American, Somali, Oromo, and Hispanic outreach programs.

In February 2008, Children's Dental Services launched services in thirty-three mobile sites in Duluth, MN, and in Spring 2009 launched services in twenty-one mobile sites in St. Cloud, MN where public elementary and headstart students are served. In Fall 2009, CDS anticipates expansion to the Iron Range, White Bear Lake, Spring Lake Park, Sauk Rapids and Fairbault school districts.