Affordable Dental Care in Atlanta, GA
This page lists 6 reviewed dental clinics in Atlanta, GA. They are run by 5 separate health center organizations, including Medcura Health, Family Health Centers of Georgia, Inc., the, Health Education, Assessment and Leadership, Inc. ("H.e.a.l.,Inc.") and Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services. Each sets its own income bands and keeps its own books, so prices and waits differ between them even in the same town.
The 6 clinics sit across 5 different Atlanta ZIP codes. Distance on a map is a poor guide across a city of this shape. Searching on your ZIP code, and checking the bus route before booking, saves the wasted trip.
The nearest other Georgia cities with listings are Clarkston at about 7 miles (1 clinic), Peachtree Corners at about 14 miles (3 clinics) and Marietta at about 17 miles (1 clinic). Measured straight-line rather than by road. Clinics do not follow city boundaries and neither do waiting lists, so the town next door is often the faster appointment.
2 of the 6 Atlanta locations have no website, so calling is the only way to find out what they offer. The other 4 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 Atlanta
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.
- Medcura Health — 2 sites in Atlanta
- Family Health Centers of Georgia, Inc., the — 1 site in Atlanta
- Health Education, Assessment and Leadership, Inc. ("H.e.a.l.,Inc.") — 1 site in Atlanta
- Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services — 1 site in Atlanta
- Southside Medical Center — 1 site in Atlanta
ZIP codes covered: 30308, 30310, 30312, 30317, 30344. If none of these is near you, the nearby cities listed below are the next place to look.
Before you travel across Atlanta, 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.
