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Continuing Dental Education College of Dentistry
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Gainesville, FL

University of Florida, College of Dentistry in Gainesville, Florida

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Wayfinding & Classroom Access

Wayfinding signs will be posted at the West Entrance of the dental school to guide you to the classroom. Please follow the signs once you enter the building.

Course Location

University of Florida College of Dentistry
Office of Continuing Dental Education
1395 Center Drive
Gainesville, FL 32610

Most courses are held at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, located on the UF Health campus in Gainesville, FL. Please allow extra time for parking and walking to the building.

Parking

  • Weekday Parking (Monday–Friday): Parking on campus requires a parking pass. A discounted parking pass will be provided to you during the course.
  • Weekend Parking (Saturday–Sunday): Most campus parking lots are open and do not require a pass. You may park in nearby lots without charge.
  • Recommended Lots/Garages:
    • Parking is available in the garage across Center Drive from the dental building. Please see the map below and park in the West Visitor Parking Garage on the 3rd or 4th floor. Disabled parking spaces are available on the 4th floor (which is also the roof) of the parking garage; a shuttle runs every 15 minutes to the building entrance. Be sure to display your state disabled person parking permit if you park in spaces marked for disabled persons.
      • Parking Garage 2, Level 3: 1831 Mowry Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611. Map Link 
      • UF Health Valet: 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608.  Map Link 
      • Signage around the health complex will also share this information.
  • ADA-accessible parking is available near all entrances.
Map graphic showing parking directions for UF College of Dentistry patients and visitors. The map highlights the patient and visitor parking garage located off SW Archer Road and Center Drive. Blue arrows indicate the driving route: turn onto Center Drive from Archer Road, turn left onto Mowry Road, then take the next left up the hill between two parking garages. A dotted path connects the parking garage to the College of Dentistry building. A blue information panel provides parking instructions, notes that shuttle service is available from the top level of the garage, identifies the location of elevators and stairs, states that parking is free for dental and UF Health patients and their visitors with ticket validation, and notes that non-patients are charged a parking fee upon exit.

Directions

  • By Ride Share (Uber/Lyft/Taxi): Enter “University of Florida College of Dentistry” or “1395 Center Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610” as your drop-off location.
  • From I-75 (North or South): Take Exit 384 (Archer Road / SR 24) and head east. Follow signs for UF Health / Shands Hospital (~2.5 miles). Turn left onto Center Drive. The College of Dentistry will be immediately on your right. Continue to Park, take a left onto Morwy Road (at the three-way stop), and then your second left to access the “Complimentary Patient and Visitor Parking” Lot.
  • From Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV): Approx. 20 minutes by car. Follow SR 222 west, then turn left onto SR 24 (Waldo Road) toward downtown, and continue to Archer Road.
Logo for ADA CERP with "ADA" in green, "CERP" in black, and "Continuing Education Recognition Program" in smaller black text below, conveying professionalism.

University of Florida is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org

Participants should be cautioned about the potential risks of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques

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