Woman with her family at a doctor’s appointment in the hospital (lacheev (123RF))
Our 2025-2026 “Welcome to Naples” magazine is a guide for newcomers and is a vital resource for understanding your new home in the Naples area.
For those newly stationed at NSA Naples in 2025, here is information about on-base health and dental services and appointment phone numbers.
The Naval Hospital (NH) Naples, located on the Support Site, provides medical care to active-duty members, their command-sponsored dependents, NATO personnel and retired U.S. military personnel. Some care is available on a space-available basis depending on patient category. Learn more at www.Naples.Tricare.mil
Appointments
Comm: 081-568-4786
DSN: 626-4786
Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Hospital offers medical services, including an Emergency Department. Emergencies are not treatable at NH Naples will be stabilized and transferred to another facility.
U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Naples is a 29-bed community hospital with one Naval Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) located at Capodichino and a Navy Fleet Liaison Detachment at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany. The main hospital and the branch health clinic provide exceptional quality healthcare services and support to approximately 9,800 eligible personnel and family members from 62 U.S. Navy tenant commands, the USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and forces from the 22 nations that comprise the Allied Joint Forces Command, Naples, Italy. Annually, the hospital and clinic perform over 84,000 patient care encounters, deliver an average of 130 babies, and execute a budget of over 20 million dollars. All staff members work tirelessly to keep warfighters in the fight.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) permits the U.S. Naval Hospital to provide medical care to U.S. military active duty and other specified U.S. personnel who are present in Italy by virtue of their support of NATO organizations. The Naval Branch Health Clinic Capodichino offers Pharmacy, Radiology, and Laboratory services to all adult TRICARE beneficiaries as well as U.S. civilian employees and contractors. Pediatric pharmacy services are also available. COVID-19 screenings of symptomatic TRICARE beneficiaries and U.S. civilian employees is also available.
Emergencies
For all emergencies—on or off base—always dial emergency dispatch at 39-081-568-4911, or by dialing 9-1-1 from a DSN phone on base.
NSA Naples Emergency: 081-568-4911 | DSN: 911
Italian Emergency Dispatch: 112
Italian Ambulance: 118
Italian Police (Carabinieri): 113
There are two dental facilities affiliated with NSA Naples.
The primary dental clinic is located in the Naval Hospital on the ground floor. This facility sees active-duty service members assigned to the Support Site and their family members. Appointments: 081-811-6007
The branch clinic at Capodichino in Bldg. 457. This facility sees active-duty service members, with some space-availability for non-military (check in advance). Appointments: 081-568-4644
For information about Tricare Dental Program enrollment, claims or covered benefits, visit the TDP website, www.tricare.mil/CoveredServices/Dental/TDP.
SERVICES AVAILABLE
Support Site: In addition to general dentistry, the dental clinic offers specialty care such as comprehensive dentistry, endodontics, oral-maxillofacial surgery, oral radiology, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, and prosthodontics. Please be aware that orthodontics resources are limited. For those who do not qualify for orthodontic care, or wish to seek care out in town, the clinic has information to guide you in your decision. Active duty members must receive permission from their command to receive care on the economy. Implant dentistry is available for active duty members if all qualifications and indications are met.
NBHC Capodichino : The Capodichino dental clinic provides the following services to active duty service members: general dentistry, restorative dentistry (fillings), prophylaxis treatment (cleanings) and emergency treatment.
CLINIC INFORMATION
Support Site dental sick call is Monday-Friday from 8 to 9:30 a.m. However, if you experience a dental emergency from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday you may still proceed to the dental clinic to be evaluated.
If you experience a dental emergency outside of normal hospital hours (weekdays after 4 p.m. or weekends), please proceed to the Emergency Department, where an on-call dentist is a phone call away. The Emergency Department can be reached at DSN 629-6150 or (+39) 081-811-6150.
Children 17 and under should be accompanied by an adult guardian in the dental clinic. Children 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult guardian who will attend to them at all times (i.e. the child cannot be left in the waiting area alone while a parent is undergoing dental treatment).
Please arrive on time for dental appointments and check in at the dental front desk. Due to high patient volume, if you arrive more than five minutes late you may need to be rescheduled.
ELIGIBILITY
The Naval Hospital Naples Dental Clinic (“Support Site”) offers services to eligible beneficiaries of the U.S. and NATO active-duty community, as well as their dependents.
Civilian employees, contractors, retirees, veterans, non-activated reservists, and their respective dependents are eligible only for limited emergency care and will receive a bill for their visit. However, retirees who completed 20 years of service will not be billed for emergencies. All civilians listed above should see a dentist on the local economy for their routine dental needs. The U.S. Embassy in Italy offers a list of English-speaking dentists, available here: https://it.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/doctors/