Community Health Center
ARcare - 65
1009 Highway 18, Lake City, AR 72437-9622 13.7 miles away
Community Health Center
ARcare - 107
1810 E Highland Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401-6112
ARcare - 107 is a community health center dental clinic in Jonesboro, AR, operated by Arcare, which runs 6 clinics across 2 states.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 1810 E Highland Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 870-641-4354 |
| Operated by | Arcare |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
1810 E Highland Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401
The published number is 870-641-4354. 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 scale belongs to Arcare, not to a national schedule, so the only reliable figure is the one they give you. 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
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. Arcare sets its own scale.
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 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.
How large is the dental program?
No dental activity figures have been published for this organization in a form we can tie to it, so the size of the program here is unknown. Asking how many days a week a dentist is in gets you further than asking how big the clinic is.
How soon could I be seen?
Dental waits at health centers are frequently longer than medical waits, and can run weeks for a routine appointment. Ask for the next available and also whether they hold same-day slots for pain, which is a different queue.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by Arcare
Arcare operates 5 other clinics across 2 states, 3 of them 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. 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
These are straight-line distances. Two clinics a mile apart can have very different waits, so it is worth calling both.
- ARcare - 65 — Lake City, about 13.7 miles away
- Truman Family Health Center — Trumann, about 14.2 miles away
- 1st Choice Healthcare Paragould — Paragould, about 19.2 miles away
- EAST ARKANSAS FAMILY HEALTH CTR — Lepanto, about 24.5 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call ARcare - 107
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Truman Family Health Center
417 W Main St, Trumann, AR 72472-3116 14.2 miles away
Community Health Center
1st Choice Healthcare Paragould
1 Medical Dr, Paragould, AR 72450-4017 19.2 miles away
Community Health Center
EAST ARKANSAS FAMILY HEALTH CTR
102 W Broad St, Lepanto, AR 72354-2200 24.5 miles away
Before you call
