Temple University Tamaqua Dental Clinic and Educational Center
Registered legal name: Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
205 Center St, Tamaqua, PA 18252
The registry record
- NPI
- 1558297051
- Registered as
- Type-2 organization (not an individual dentist's personal NPI)
- Dental categories
- General, Orthodontics, Pediatric, Oral surgery, Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Other specialty
- Taxonomy codes
- 122300000X (Dentist); 1223E0200X (Endodontics); 1223G0001X (General practice dentistry); 1223P0106X (Oral and maxillofacial pathology); 1223P0221X (Pediatric dentistry); 1223P0300X (Periodontics); 1223P0700X (Prosthodontics); 1223S0112X (Oral and maxillofacial surgery); 1223X0008X (Oral and maxillofacial radiology); 1223X0400X (Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics)
- Practice location
- 205 Center St, Tamaqua, PA 18252
- Telephone
- (570) 225-9951
- NPI issued
- 22 June 2026 (0 years ago)
- Record updated
- 23 June 2026 (0 years ago)
- Certified by the practice
- 23 June 2026
- NPI status
- NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-08
- Metro area
- Pottsville, PA (micropolitan area, Schuylkill County)
- State
- Pennsylvania (4,127 registered practices)
- Subpart of
- Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Map position
- Census address match at street level
- Snapshot
- NPPES data dissemination file, 10 August 2026
What the record tells you
Temple University Tamaqua Dental Clinic and Educational Center, the trading name of Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, is an NPI registry record for a dental organization at 205 Center St in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252. CMS issued NPI 1558297051 on 22 June 2026, and the practice last updated its own entry on 23 June 2026. That is recent, so the contact details are likely to be current. CMS records it as a subpart of Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, so billing and pricing may follow the parent's policies.
It is registered under 10 dental taxonomy codes: Dentist (122300000X), Endodontics (1223E0200X), General practice dentistry (1223G0001X), Oral and maxillofacial pathology (1223P0106X), Pediatric dentistry (1223P0221X), Periodontics (1223P0300X), Prosthodontics (1223P0700X), Oral and maxillofacial surgery (1223S0112X), Oral and maxillofacial radiology (1223X0008X), Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics (1223X0400X). That puts it in 8 categories on this site, led by general dentistry. A practice that registers more than one category is telling CMS it does more than one kind of dental work at this address, which is why it has a page here rather than a row. No other address in the registry carries this name, though a practice trading under a chain brand often registers each office under its own legal name, so check the brand as well.
Tamaqua holds 5 registered dental practices inside the Pottsville, PA area, which has 33 in total on the Pennsylvania side and ranks 12th in the state. 4 of the Tamaqua records also register general dentistry, so this is one of several local options in that category. Across the metro the mix runs general dentistry 72.7%, dental clinic or center 12.1%, orthodontics 12.1%. The closest other registered practices are Sherry Dental Tamaqua (0.2 miles, Tamaqua), Bright Smile Dental Art LLC (0.2 miles, Tamaqua) and Shen Smiles (1.4 miles, Tamaqua), with 2 more inside 5.4 miles.
On our figures a routine adult cleaning in Pennsylvania runs $110 to $165 cash and scaling and root planing $180 to $280 per quadrant, against a US average of $125. This practice's own prices are not in the registry and never will be: NPPES holds identifiers, not fees. Call (570) 225-9951 and ask for the cash price on code D1110, whether the exam and X-rays are included, and whether they run a membership plan if you have no insurance.
Nearest alternatives
The 5 closest registered dental practices to 205 Center St, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are listed on their metro page rather than having one of their own.
| Practice | City | Distance | Categories | Phone on the record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherry Dental Tamaqua | Tamaqua, PA | 0.2 mi | Dental clinic | (570) 668-6200 |
| Bright Smile Dental Art LLC | Tamaqua, PA | 0.2 mi | General | (570) 668-6200 |
| Shen Smiles | Tamaqua, PA | 1.4 mi | General | (570) 225-7498 |
| Carroll Dental LLC | Tamaqua, PA | 2 mi | General | (570) 668-2339 |
| Vermillion Dental Office PC | Summit Hill, PA | 5.4 mi | General | (570) 645-2044 |
The benchmark to hold a quote from Temple University Tamaqua Dental Clinic and Educational Center against. Pennsylvania cost guide.
What to ask when you call
- The cash price for D1110, a routine adult cleaning, and whether the exam (D0120) and X-rays (D0274) are inside or outside that number.
- Whether you need scaling and root planing before a routine clean, and the per-quadrant price for D4341 or D4342 if so.
- Whether they run an in-house membership plan, and what it covers against what it costs a year.
- Whether they are taking new patients and how far out the next hygiene appointment is.
- The practice license, with your state dental board. An NPI is a billing identifier and proves nothing about licensing.
CMS NPPES NPI data file, August 2026, snapshot 10 August 2026. US federal public data (FOIA-disclosable, no charge). CMS NPI files. NPI registry records, status as reported by CMS in the August 2026 data dissemination file. NPPES is an identifier registry, not a license register: an NPI does not validate that a practice is licensed, accredited or currently open. Practices maintain their own NPPES entries. Every page shows the date the record was last updated; addresses and phone numbers are as self-reported and are not verified by us. This page describes a registry record. It is not a review, an endorsement or a check on Temple University Tamaqua Dental Clinic and Educational Center.
Price figures are our own, last verified April 2026. State averages are our estimates compiled from FAIR Health regional cost data and CMS Medicare fee schedules; the ADA discontinued its national Survey of Dental Fees in 2023, so no national fee survey exists. Treat them as a starting point and call two or three offices for an actual quote.