Community Health Center
Aborn Rd Health Clinic
2060 Aborn Rd, Suite 125, San Jose, CA 95121-1586 0.8 miles away
Community Health Center
Aborn Rd Admin Offices
2726 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121-1276
Aborn Rd Admin Offices is a community health center dental clinic in San Jose, CA, operated by Bay Area Community Health, which runs 6 clinics in California.
Clinic Details
| Address | 2726 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 510-252-8882 |
| Operated by | Bay Area Community Health |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
2726 Aborn Rd, San Jose, CA 95121
The published number is 510-252-8882. 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 Bay Area Community Health, 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 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
Do they do root canals, or would I be referred out?
This is the question worth asking before anything else if you already know you need one. Health centers commonly do extractions in-house and refer root canals to a private endodontist at full price, which changes the arithmetic completely. Ask before you start treatment, not after.
Do I need to be a US citizen?
No. The Health Center Program does not set citizenship or immigration status as a condition of being seen, and clinics in it are not required to ask. What they do need is something to work out your fee, which is income and household size rather than status. If this is the thing keeping you from calling, ask what they require before you decide not to go.
What if I need more work than I can afford?
Say that plainly at the start. A dentist who does not know the budget will quote the ideal plan. Told the constraint, they can usually say which item is urgent, which can wait a year, and where a cheaper option is clinically reasonable. Ask for the plan in writing so you can stage it.
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.
Can they do specialist work here?
Providers in more than general dentistry are registered at this address, which is listed further up the page. That does not mean the clinic is taking new patients for those treatments or that they fall inside the discount, so name the treatment when you call.
Would a dental school be cheaper?
For a large amount of work, often yes — but a school screens you first, may turn your case down, and takes months rather than weeks. A health center discounts by your income and can usually see you sooner. Our guide to dental school clinics compares the two.
Other Clinics Operated by Bay Area Community Health
Bay Area Community Health 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. 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.
- Aborn Rd Health Clinic — San Jose, less than a mile away
- FRANKLIN MCKINLEY NEIGHBRHD HLTH CLINIC — San Jose, about 3 miles away
- Valley Health Center Tully — San Jose, about 3.2 miles away
- North East Medical Services - 939 Story Road Dental — San Jose, about 3.8 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Aborn Rd Admin Offices
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
FRANKLIN MCKINLEY NEIGHBRHD HLTH CLINIC
645 Wool Creek Dr, San Jose, CA 95112-2617 3 miles away
Community Health Center
Valley Health Center Tully
500 Tully Rd, San Jose, CA 95111-1917 3.2 miles away
Community Health Center
North East Medical Services - 939 Story Road Dental
939 Story Rd, Unit 102, San Jose, CA 95122-2605 3.8 miles away
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