Community Health Center
AARON E. HENRY - CLARKSDALE CLINIC
800 Ohio Ave, Clarksdale, MS 38614-7200 23.1 miles away
Community Health Center
Helena Family Health Center
513 Porter St, Helena, AR 72342-3217
Helena Family Health Center is a community health center dental clinic in Helena, AR, operated by East Arkansas Family Health Center, which runs 6 clinics in Arkansas.
The health center is open about 49 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 513 Porter St, Helena, AR 72342 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 870-817-0122 |
| Operated by | East Arkansas Family Health Center |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
513 Porter St, Helena, AR 72342
The published number is 870-817-0122. 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
Service and coverage information recorded for this clinic includes:
- Transportation assistance
Treatments offered and insurance accepted change over time, and services not listed here may still be available. Contact the clinic to confirm what is currently offered.
Costs and Coverage
Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. The bands are set by East Arkansas Family 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 Arkansas 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.
Common Questions
What happens at a first appointment?
Usually an examination with X-rays, sometimes a cleaning, and normally no treatment beyond that — anything found is scheduled for a later visit. Those items are billed separately, which is where unexpected first-visit charges come from. Ask for a written treatment plan with itemized costs before agreeing to anything, so you can stage the work over time if you need to.
Will they see me if I still owe them money?
Usually yes for pain and for anything urgent, though a clinic may ask you to agree a plan for the balance before booking routine work. An old balance is worth raising on the phone instead of discovering it at the desk; it is often smaller after a discount is applied than the letter suggests.
What if I need a specialist they do not have?
You would normally be referred out, and a referral from a health center does not carry the discount with it — the outside specialist charges their own fee. Ask what the referral would cost before starting anything that depends on it, because that is the point where an affordable plan often stops being affordable.
How long does the discount last?
A determination usually runs for a set period, often a year, and then has to be reapplied for with current income documents. If your circumstances change in between — a job lost, a household member moving out — ask for a reassessment rather than waiting.
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.
What happens if I miss an appointment?
Missed dental appointments are taken seriously because the chair time cannot be reused, and repeated no-shows can affect whether you keep the slot. Call to cancel even at short notice; it costs you nothing and keeps you on the books.
Size of the Dental Service
East Arkansas Family Health Center provided 13,410 dental visits and 5,887 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 28.08 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 East Arkansas Family Health Center
East Arkansas Family Health Center operates 5 other clinics in 5 other communities in Arkansas. 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. A sliding fee determination made at one of its clinics commonly carries across to the others, so income documents may not need providing twice. 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.
- AARON E. HENRY - CLARKSDALE CLINIC — Clarksdale, about 23.1 miles away
- AARON E. HENRY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES CENTER, INC. — Clarksdale, about 23.4 miles away
- Mid Delta Health Center — Clarendon, about 42.7 miles away
- Delta Health Center Mobile Health Unit #1 (DHC MHU1) — Mound Bayou, about 45.5 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Helena Family Health Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
AARON E. HENRY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES CENTER, INC.
510 Highway 322, Clarksdale, MS 38614-4717 23.4 miles away
Community Health Center
Mid Delta Health Center
245 Madison St, Clarendon, AR 72029-2706 42.7 miles away
Community Health Center
Delta Health Center Mobile Health Unit #1 (DHC MHU1)
702 Martin Luther King St, Mound Bayou, MS 38762 45.5 miles away
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