U of L Pediatric Dentistry

U of L Pediatric Dentistry is located at 982 Eastern Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky — the pediatric dental department of the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, operating from the University of Louisville Health Sciences campus on Eastern Parkway in ZIP 40217. Eastern Parkway is a historic tree-lined boulevard in south Louisville that runs from downtown Louisville through the Old Louisville, Germantown, and Schnitzelburg neighborhoods and continues to the University of Louisville Belknap Campus and the UofL Health Sciences Center on Eastern Parkway at Preston Street. 982 Eastern Parkway places U of L Pediatric Dentistry in the UofL Health Sciences campus complex — the hospital, medical school, dental school, nursing school, and allied health programs concentrated in the ZIP 40217 corridor between downtown Louisville and the Belknap Campus. The University of Louisville School of Dentistry is a CODA-accredited dental school that provides comprehensive dental care to the public through its teaching clinics, with students delivering care under the direct supervision of licensed faculty dentists. The pediatric dental department trains postgraduate pediatric dental residents while also providing specialist pediatric dental services to the Louisville Metro community at dental school rates — typically significantly lower than private specialist fees, as the school's educational mission subsidizes patient care costs.

U of L Pediatric Dentistry provides specialist dental care for infants, children, and adolescents under the supervision of pediatric dental faculty and residents at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry's Eastern Parkway campus. Services include comprehensive pediatric oral examinations, professional cleanings and fluoride treatments, dental sealants, pediatric restorations, space maintainers, and behavioral guidance and sedation dentistry for anxious or special-needs pediatric patients. The teaching clinic model means that appointments may be longer than private practice visits (as students receive instruction during procedures), and patient care is delivered by dental students or dental residents under faculty supervision. The UofL Health Sciences campus's ZIP 40217 location serves the diverse South Louisville patient community — the Germantown, Schnitzelburg, and Shelby Park neighborhoods — as well as patients from across Jefferson County and the broader Louisville Metro who seek specialist pediatric dental care at academic dental school rates.

Eastern Parkway's South Louisville position provides access from I-65 and I-264's South Louisville interchanges, from downtown Louisville via Eastern Parkway's boulevard corridor, and from TARC public transit routes serving the UofL Health Sciences campus. The University of Louisville School of Dentistry provides the full spectrum of dental education and patient care services from the Eastern Parkway campus, with adult general dentistry, oral surgery, orthodontics, periodontics, and endodontics departments alongside the Pediatric Dentistry clinic.

For Louisville Metro families seeking specialist pediatric dental care at academic dental school rates, U of L Pediatric Dentistry at 982 Eastern Parkway provides UofL Health Sciences campus pediatric dental specialization — a teaching clinic model offering supervised specialist care at significantly reduced fees compared to private pediatric dental practices.