The Children's Dental Center (TCDC) of Greater Los Angeles is a non-profit dental corporation dedicated to providing dental care to the 1.8 million children in Los Angeles County whose families do not have the financial resources to visit dental offices and do not qualify for social service programs. These children of the ‘'working poor‘' often slip between the cracks and are unable to recieve the dental care they need.
The TCDC provides necessary dental care, preventive dental treatment and dental health education programs to promote long-term oral health and treat the immediate needs of children throughout Southern California. The center's staff of dentists, supervisors and dental hygienists serve over 900 children every month with help from dental hygiene students from UCLA, USC, West Los Angeles College and Cerritos College.
The center was created out of a private practice dedicated to enriching the lives of the community through quality dental care in Inglewood, California. In 1995, it was formally opened as a comprehensive, community dental center.
