Community Health Center

Generations Family Health Center, Inc.

40 Mansfield Ave, Willimantic, CT 06226-2018

860-450-7471 Directions Website

Generations Family Health Center, Inc. is a community health center dental clinic in Willimantic, CT, operated by Generations Family Health Center, which runs 2 clinics in Connecticut.

The health center is open about 52.5 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.

Clinic Details

Address	40 Mansfield Ave, Willimantic, CT 06226
Phone	860-450-7471
Operated by	Generations Family Health Center
Program	Health Center Program (federally funded)
Site schedule	Full-Time
Operating calendar	Year-Round

Planning Your Visit

40 Mansfield Ave, Willimantic, CT 06226

The published number is 860-450-7471. 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, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.

Dental Services

Service and coverage information recorded for this clinic includes:

Medicaid
Spanish spoken

Treatments offered and insurance accepted change over time, and services not listed here may still be available. Contact the clinic to confirm what is currently offered.

Costs and Coverage

Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. Generations Family Health Center sets its own income bands, so a quote from another clinic tells you nothing about this one. 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.

This clinic has a Medicaid billing registration on file, which is a good sign but not a guarantee for your particular plan. What Connecticut 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.

Dental Providers at This Clinic

Alongside general dentistry, providers registered in dental hygiene, for cleanings and preventive care practice at this address. That is not the same as the clinic taking new patients for those treatments, or the discount covering them, so name the treatment when you call.

Common Questions

Does Medicare cover this?

Original Medicare does not cover routine dental care, which surprises most people who reach retirement expecting otherwise. Some Medicare Advantage plans include a limited dental benefit. The sliding scale here does not depend on Medicare, so ask about it separately.

Can I get dentures here?

Many health centers do dentures, and the discount can make them dramatically cheaper than private practice. The catch is laboratory costs, which are often billed on top of the discounted fee and are the bulk of the price. Ask for the total including laboratory work.

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.

Can I pay in installments?

Many health centers will arrange this, particularly for dentures or a course of treatment, but it is rarely advertised and you generally have to ask. Agree the amount and the schedule before treatment starts, and ask what happens if you miss one, because that varies more than the plans themselves do.

What if I need a specialist they do not have?

You would normally be referred out, and a referral from a health center does not carry the discount with it — the outside specialist charges their own fee. Ask what the referral would cost before starting anything that depends on it, because that is the point where an affordable plan often stops being affordable.

How do they work out what I pay?

From your household income and family size, checked against a scale the clinic sets itself. That is why a quote from another clinic tells you nothing about this one. Our guide to applying for the discount lists the documents to take.

Size of the Dental Service

Generations Family Health Center provided 5,582 dental visits and 2,201 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 8.76 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 Generations Family Health Center

Generations Family Health Center operates one other clinic elsewhere in Connecticut. 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

Measured straight-line rather than by road. Availability varies enough between them that a second call is usually worth making.

Generations Family Health Center — Willimantic, less than a mile away
First Choice Health Centers (Suite 240) — Manchester, about 16.4 miles away
Generations Family Health Center, Inc. - Putnam — Putnam, about 21 miles away
First Choice Health Centers — East Hartford, about 22.1 miles away

Confirmed Payment Options

Income-Based FeesMedicaid

Call Generations Family Health Center, Inc.

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

860-450-7471

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