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El Rio Health - Grant Health Center
3655 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85716-2933
El Rio Health - Grant Health Center is a community health center dental clinic in Tucson, AZ, operated by El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center, which runs 11 clinics in Arizona.
The health center is open about 50 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 3655 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85716 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 520-670-3909 |
| Operated by | El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
3655 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85716
The published number is 520-670-3909. It may be a shared scheduling line. Say which site you mean and that you want dental rather than medical, or you can be booked into the wrong queue.
Things to settle on the phone first: the dental hours, and which days appointments run, whether new dental patients are being taken, and the current wait, what a first visit costs, before and after any discount, whether your insurance or Medicaid dental plan is accepted, by plan name, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.
Dental Services
This clinic has not published a list of the treatments it provides. Expect the routine treatments to be available. The question worth asking is about the expensive ones: root canals, dentures and oral surgery are handled in house at some health centers and referred out at others.
Costs and Coverage
Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. The bands are set by El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center rather than nationally, which is why prices differ between two clinics on the same scale. Ask them to run your household through it before you commit to a treatment plan. Our guide to applying for the discount lists the documents to bring.
No Medicaid registration has been recorded for this clinic, which is not the same as Medicaid being refused. What Arizona Medicaid covers for adults is a state decision and has been cut and restored in several states; for children the benefit is required nationally. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.
Dental Providers at This Clinic
Alongside general dentistry, providers registered in dental hygiene, for cleanings and preventive care, oral and maxillofacial surgery, for surgical extractions and jaw procedures, and pediatric dentistry, for children practice at this address. That is not the same as the clinic taking new patients for those treatments, or the discount covering them, so name the treatment when you call.
Common Questions
Do I have to be a registered patient first?
Some clinics require you to register with the health center before booking dental, which adds a step and sometimes a separate appointment. Ask about that on the first call so you are not turned back at the desk.
What if I have no fixed address?
Say so when you call rather than leaving the field blank. Health centers see people without stable housing routinely, some hold a specific program for it, and a shelter or day center address is normally accepted for the paperwork. Not having an address is not a disqualification.
Can I book online?
No website is recorded for this clinic, so the phone is the route. If you reach a central number for the organization, say the clinic name and say the appointment is dental, or you may be booked into the medical schedule.
Will I see a dentist or a hygienist?
Depends on what you booked. A cleaning is normally a hygienist; an examination, filling or extraction is a dentist. Some clinics run hygiene appointments on different days from dentist appointments, which is worth knowing before you take time off.
Is the discount worked out on gross income or take-home pay?
Normally gross, before tax and deductions, which surprises people who budget by what lands in the account. Ask which figure this clinic uses and over what period, because a year that included a few months of higher earnings can put you in a band that does not reflect what you have now.
Is treatment free?
Usually not, though it can come close. Clinics like this one discount by household income and are required to see patients regardless of ability to pay, but a charge normally applies and the lowest band is a nominal fee rather than nothing. El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center sets its own scale.
Size of the Dental Service
El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center provided 81,476 dental visits and 37,931 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 154.97 full-time dental staff. This indicates an established dental service operating regular sessions, although appointment availability still varies by clinic and time of year.
Figures describe the operating organization as a whole, across all of its clinics.
Other Clinics Operated by El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center
El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center operates 10 other clinics in 5 other communities in Arizona. Asking the scheduling line which site can see you soonest is usually faster than calling each in turn; the shortest wait is not always the closest clinic. The income assessment usually transfers between sites in the same organization, which saves repeating the paperwork. What is treated at one site is no guide to another, so confirm with the clinic you actually intend to visit.
Other Dental Clinics Nearby
Straight-line distances. The nearest clinic is not reliably the one that can see you soonest, so try a couple.
- Wilmot Family Health Center — Tucson, about 3.5 miles away
- MHC Healthcare Dental Office — Tucson, about 3.6 miles away
- Special Immunology Associates (SIA) at Cherrybell — Tucson, about 3.7 miles away
- El Rio Health Stone Health Center — Tucson, about 4.4 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call El Rio Health - Grant Health Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
MHC Healthcare Dental Office
899 N Wilmot Rd STE E, Tucson, AZ 85711-1714 3.6 miles away
Community Health Center
Special Immunology Associates (SIA) at Cherrybell
1230 S Cherrybell Stra, Tucson, AZ 85713-1907 3.7 miles away
Community Health Center
El Rio Health Stone Health Center
4888 N Stone Ave, #120, Tucson, AZ 85704-5749 4.4 miles away
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