Community Health Center
Via Care Whittier Boulevard Health Center
5015 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022-3198 0 miles away
Community Health Center
Via Care Whittier Dental Clinic
5017 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022-3116
Via Care Whittier Dental Clinic is a community health center dental clinic in Los Angeles, CA, operated by Via Care Community Health Center, which runs 6 clinics in California.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 5017 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 323-268-9191 |
| Operated by | Via Care Community Health Center |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
5017 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022
The published number is 323-268-9191. 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. Where the thresholds fall is decided by Via Care Community Health Center, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. 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 California 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
Can I be seen without insurance?
Yes. Being uninsured is the ordinary case at a clinic like this, not an exception, and it is much of the reason the sliding scale exists. Bring income documentation if you have it and ask what they accept if you do not.
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.
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.
What if I do not have a phone for them to call back on?
Tell them at the point of booking and ask how they will contact you — some clinics will use an email address, a shelter or a relative’s number. Missing a call back about an appointment is a common way to lose a slot that was already booked.
Does California Medicaid cover adult dental work?
That is decided at state level and has changed more than once in most states, ranging from comprehensive to emergency extractions only. Dental coverage for children enrolled in Medicaid is a required benefit everywhere. Our Medicaid dental page covers how to check where your state stands now.
Do they see children?
Health centers are generally set up for families and children’s dental coverage is a required Medicaid benefit in every state, so this is usually yes. Minimum ages and whether children are seen on the same days as adults do vary, so ask when booking.
Size of the Dental Service
Via Care Community Health Center provided 25,749 dental visits and 11,079 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 26.17 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 Via Care Community Health Center
Via Care Community Health Center operates 5 other clinics in 3 other communities in California. 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
Distances are as the crow flies. Wait times are set clinic by clinic, so ask each one rather than assuming.
- Via Care Whittier Boulevard Health Center — Los Angeles, at the same address
- Via Care 609 Annex — Los Angeles, less than a mile away
- AltaMed Daniel Lara HIV Clinic - East LA — Los Angeles, less than a mile away
- AltaMed Medical and Dental Group: Commerce, Goodrich — Commerce, less than a mile away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Via Care Whittier Dental Clinic
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Via Care 609 Annex
609 S Atlantic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022-3211 0.4 miles away
Community Health Center
AltaMed Daniel Lara HIV Clinic - East LA
5427 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022-4101 0.5 miles away
Community Health Center
AltaMed Medical and Dental Group: Commerce, Goodrich
972 Goodrich Blvd, Commerce, CA 90022-4114 0.5 miles away
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