Affordable Dental Care in San Francisco, CA
This page lists 14 reviewed dental clinics in San Francisco, CA. They are run by 4 separate health center organizations — San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, North East Medical Services, Healthright 360 and Mission Area Health Associates. That matters when you are calling around: each keeps its own books, its own waiting list and its own sliding fee schedule, so being turned away by one says nothing about the next.
The 14 clinics sit across 9 different San Francisco ZIP codes. That spread means the closest one to you is not necessarily the first on this list. Search by ZIP code, and factor in the journey rather than the mileage.
The nearest other California cities with listings are Daly City at about 7 miles (2 clinics), Alameda at about 7 miles (1 clinic) and Oakland at about 8 miles (12 clinics). Distances are as the crow flies. It is worth calling across town boundaries: a clinic twenty minutes further out can be weeks sooner.
8 of the 14 San Francisco locations have no website, so calling is the only way to find out what they offer. The other 6 carry links on the listing, though an organization-wide website often will not say which of its sites runs a dental clinic.
Who runs the dental clinics in San Francisco
Each of these is a separate organization with its own sliding fee schedule, its own waiting list and its own insurance contracts. Call them as separate options, not as one.
- San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium — 8 sites in San Francisco
- North East Medical Services — 4 sites in San Francisco
- Healthright 360 — 1 site in San Francisco
- Mission Area Health Associates — 1 site in San Francisco
ZIP codes covered: 94103, 94107, 94110, 94112, 94116, 94122, 94124, 94133, 94134. If none of these is near you, the nearby cities listed below are the next place to look.
Before you travel across San Francisco, settle the things these listings cannot: what to ask on the phone, how the sliding fee discount is applied for, and which door to use when it is urgent and money is short. If you think what you have might be an emergency, go to an emergency room rather than onto a dental waiting list; the price of that visit is not the thing to weigh in that moment.
