Community Health Center
WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CTR
86-260 Farrington Hwy, Waianae, HI 96792-3199 2.1 miles away
Community Health Center
Kamaile Olakino Maika'i Health Center
85-180 Ala Akau St, Waianae, HI 96792-2375
Kamaile Olakino Maika'i Health Center is a community health center dental clinic in Waianae, HI, operated by Waianae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board, which runs 3 clinics in Hawaii.
The health center is open about 10 hours a week and may run only one or two days, so dental appointments are scarce.
Access to This Clinic
This clinic is located inside a school. School-based health center sites typically serve enrolled students, and in some cases their families or the surrounding community. Access is determined jointly by the school and the health center. Contact the clinic before visiting to confirm whether patients who are not students can be seen.
This is a part-time site. Part-time health center locations may be open only one or two days a week, and dental services may be available on fewer days still. Confirm the dental schedule before planning a visit.
Clinic Details
| Address | 85-180 Ala Akau St, Waianae, HI 96792 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 808-697-3496 |
| Operated by | Waianae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Setting | School |
| Site schedule | Part-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
Dental Services
No service list has been published for this clinic, so the range here is worth asking about directly rather than assuming. The routine work — examinations, cleanings, X-rays, fillings, extractions — is normally available. Whether root canals, dentures and surgery are done on site is what differs from clinic to clinic.
Costs and Coverage
What you pay here is worked out from your household income and family size, not read off a price list. The scale belongs to Waianae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board, not to a national schedule, so the only reliable figure is the one they give you. Ask for your band in writing before agreeing to a course of treatment. 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. Adult dental coverage under Hawaii Medicaid is decided at state level and has changed more than once in most states; children’s dental coverage is required everywhere. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.
Planning Your Visit
85-180 Ala Akau St, Waianae, HI 96792
The published number is 808-697-3496. Where an organization runs several sites this often lands at a central desk, so name the clinic and say the appointment is dental.
The call is worth making for: 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.
Common Questions
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.
Do they treat patients who are pregnant?
Yes, and dental care during pregnancy is not something to postpone: professional guidance is that examinations, cleanings, fillings and extractions can be done, and untreated infection carries its own risk. Tell them when you book. Our pregnancy guide covers what changes and what does not.
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.
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 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.
Other Clinics Operated by Waianae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board
Waianae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board operates 2 other clinics in 2 other communities in Hawaii. A central scheduling line can often say which of them has the shortest wait, and it is not always the nearest one. A sliding fee determination made at one of its clinics commonly carries across to the others, so income documents may not need providing twice. 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.
- WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CTR — Waianae, about 2.1 miles away
- Waipahu Family Health Center — Waipahu, about 13.1 miles away
- Kahuku — Kahuku, about 21.7 miles away
- Red Raider Health Center — Kahuku, about 21.9 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Kamaile Olakino Maika'i Health Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Waipahu Family Health Center
94-428 Mokuola St, Ste 108B, Waipahu, HI 96797-3396 13.1 miles away
Community Health Center
Kahuku
56-119 Pualalea St, Kahuku, HI 96731-2061 21.7 miles away
Community Health Center
Red Raider Health Center
56-490 Kamehameha Hwy, Kahuku, HI 96731-2217 21.9 miles away
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