Affordable Dental Care in Birmingham, AL
This page lists 3 reviewed dental clinics in Birmingham, AL. They are run by 3 separate health center organizations — Alabama Regional Medical Services, Cahaba Medical Care Foundation and Christ Health Center. That matters when you are calling around: each keeps its own books, its own waiting list and its own sliding fee schedule, so being turned away by one says nothing about the next.
The 3 clinics sit across 3 different Birmingham ZIP codes. That spread means the closest one to you is not necessarily the first on this list. Search by ZIP code, and factor in the journey rather than the mileage.
The nearest other Alabama cities with listings are Fairfield at about 10 miles (1 clinic), Bessemer at about 15 miles (1 clinic) and Parrish at about 33 miles (1 clinic). Distances are as the crow flies. It is worth calling across town boundaries: a clinic twenty minutes further out can be weeks sooner.
1 of the 3 Birmingham locations has no website, so calling is the only way to find out what it offers. The other 2 carry links on the listing, though an organization-wide website often will not say which of its sites runs a dental clinic.
Who runs the dental clinics in Birmingham
Each of these is a separate organization with its own sliding fee schedule, its own waiting list and its own insurance contracts. Call them as separate options, not as one.
- Alabama Regional Medical Services — 1 site in Birmingham
- Cahaba Medical Care Foundation — 1 site in Birmingham
- Christ Health Center — 1 site in Birmingham
ZIP codes covered: 35204, 35207, 35212. If none of these is near you, the nearby cities listed below are the next place to look.
Before you travel across Birmingham, settle the things these listings cannot: what to ask on the phone, how the sliding fee discount is applied for, and which door to use when it is urgent and money is short. If you think what you have might be an emergency, go to an emergency room rather than onto a dental waiting list; the price of that visit is not the thing to weigh in that moment.
