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Community Health Center
Plant City Family Care
801 E Baker St, Plant City, FL 33563-3652
Plant City Family Care is a community health center dental clinic in Plant City, FL, operated by Suncoast Community Health Centers, which runs 3 clinics in Florida.
The health center is open about 51.5 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 801 E Baker St, Plant City, FL 33563 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 813-349-7600 |
| Operated by | Suncoast Community Health Centers |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
801 E Baker St, Plant City, FL 33563
The published number is 813-349-7600. 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. Suncoast Community Health Centers 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.
No Medicaid registration has been recorded for this clinic, which is not the same as Medicaid being refused. What Florida 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 pediatric dentistry, for children 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
Do I have to be a registered patient first?
Some clinics require you to register with the health center before booking dental, which adds a step and sometimes a separate appointment. Ask about that on the first call so you are not turned back at the desk.
What about cleanings and check-ups?
Preventive care is the cheapest thing a clinic like this does and the easiest to book, yet it is the first thing people drop when money is short. If you are already here for something else, ask to be put on the recall list while you are in the building.
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.
Is anything done for anxiety?
Ask, because the answer changes what the visit costs. Talking it through, longer appointments and numbing gel before the injection are usually free; sedation is a billed extra and does not always fall inside the discount. Our guide to dental anxiety and what it costs covers what to ask for.
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.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by Suncoast Community Health Centers
Suncoast Community Health Centers operates 2 other clinics in 2 other communities in Florida. 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.
- CFHC Lakeland Pediatrics and Dental — Lakeland, about 9.9 miles away
- CFHC Lakeland Hills Dental — Lakeland, about 10.5 miles away
- CFHC Mulberry Women / Children and Dental — Mulberry, about 11.9 miles away
- Suncoast Mobile Dental Bus I — Brandon, about 13.1 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Plant City Family Care
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
CFHC Lakeland Hills Dental
1417 Lakeland Hills Blvd, Suite 101, Lakeland, FL 33805-3200 10.5 miles away
Community Health Center
CFHC Mulberry Women / Children and Dental
106 NW 9th Ave, Mulberry, FL 33860-2922 11.9 miles away
Community Health Center
Suncoast Mobile Dental Bus I
313 S Lakewood Dr, Brandon, FL 33511-2815 13.1 miles away
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