Community Health Center

Center for Family Health & Education, Inc.

8727 Van Nuys Blvd, Suite 102, Panorama City, CA 91402-2400

818-405-0090 Directions Website

Center for Family Health & Education, Inc. is a community health center dental clinic in Panorama City, CA, operated by Center for Family Health & Education, which runs 8 clinics in California.

The health center is open about 56 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.

Clinic Details

Address	8727 Van Nuys Blvd, Suite 102, Panorama City, CA 91402
Phone	818-405-0090
Operated by	Center for Family Health & Education
Program	Health Center Program (federally funded)

Planning Your Visit

8727 Van Nuys Blvd, Suite 102, Panorama City, CA 91402

The published number is 818-405-0090. 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. Because Center for Family Health & Education sets the thresholds itself, the same household can pay different amounts at two different health centers. 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

Does my partner’s income count?

If you share a household, generally yes, and household size counts in your favor at the same time — the scale reads income against the number of people it supports. Say who lives with you and who depends on that income, rather than giving a single figure and letting them assume.

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.

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.

Other Clinics Operated by Center for Family Health & Education

Center for Family Health & Education operates 7 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. 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

Distances are straight-line, not driving. Waiting times differ sharply between neighbors, so call more than one.

Center for Family Health & Education, inc. dba Priority Care Medical Group - PD — Panorama City, at the same address
Center for Family Health & Education, Inc. dba Priority Care Medical Group - Panorama City — Panorama City, at the same address
Center for Family Health & Education, Inc — Panorama City, at the same address
Center for Family Health & Education, Inc. — Panorama City, at the same address

Confirmed Payment Options

Income-Based Fees

Call Center for Family Health & Education, Inc.

Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.

818-405-0090

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