Community Health Center
Jackson Dental Center - CVC
1501 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31401-7315 4.4 miles away
Community Health Center
J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center
5 Mall Anx, Savannah, GA 31406-4738
J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center is a community health center dental clinic in Savannah, GA, operated by J.c. Lewis Primary Healthcare Center.
The health center is open about 53 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 5 Mall Anx, Savannah, GA 31406 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 912-495-8887 |
| Operated by | J.c. Lewis Primary Healthcare Center |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
5 Mall Anx, Savannah, GA 31406
The published number is 912-495-8887. 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 J.c. Lewis Primary Healthcare Center, 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 Georgia 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
Will I see a dentist or a hygienist?
Depends on what you booked. A cleaning is normally a hygienist; an examination, filling or extraction is a dentist. Some clinics run hygiene appointments on different days from dentist appointments, which is worth knowing before you take time off.
What if I cannot get there?
Ask whether the clinic has transport assistance or can tell you what local programs exist — many health centers help with this and it is rarely advertised. Your county health department is the other place that knows.
Why was I billed for three things at one visit?
Because an examination, X-rays and a cleaning are separate items, priced separately, even when they happen in the same half hour. This is the most common unpleasant surprise at a first visit. Ask for the price of each before you book, and ask whether the discount applies to all three or only to some.
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.
Is Medicaid accepted?
It has not been confirmed either way for this clinic, which is not the same as no. In most states the dental benefit runs through separate managed care plans, so call with the dental plan name printed on your card rather than asking about Medicaid in general.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by J.c. Lewis Primary Healthcare Center
J.c. Lewis Primary Healthcare Center has no other locations, so there is nowhere else within the same organization to ask. Work down the nearby clinics below if this one is full.
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.
- Jackson Dental Center - CVC — Savannah, about 4.4 miles away
- CURTIS V. COOPER PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, INC — Savannah, about 5.6 miles away
- Donald E. Gatch Medical Center — Hardeeville, about 20.6 miles away
- RUTH P. FIELD MEDICAL CENTER — Ridgeland, about 28.6 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
CURTIS V. COOPER PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, INC
106 E Broad St, Savannah, GA 31401-2917 5.6 miles away
Community Health Center
Donald E. Gatch Medical Center
552 Stiney Rd, Hardeeville, SC 29927-5228 20.6 miles away
Community Health Center
RUTH P. FIELD MEDICAL CENTER
719 Okatie Hwy, Ridgeland, SC 29936 28.6 miles away
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