Community Health Center
ACCESS Servicios Medicos La Villita
3303 W 26th St, Chicago, IL 60623-4036 0.3 miles away
Community Health Center
Esperanza Little Village
3059 W 26th St, Chicago, IL 60623-4131
Esperanza Little Village is a community health center dental clinic in Chicago, IL, operated by Esperanza Health Centers.
The health center is open about 56.5 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 3059 W 26th St, Chicago, IL 60623 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 773-932-2111 |
| Operated by | Esperanza Health Centers |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
Planning Your Visit
3059 W 26th St, Chicago, IL 60623
The published number is 773-932-2111. 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. Where the thresholds fall is decided by Esperanza Health Centers, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. 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 Illinois 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
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 more work than I can afford?
Say that plainly at the start. A dentist who does not know the budget will quote the ideal plan. Told the constraint, they can usually say which item is urgent, which can wait a year, and where a cheaper option is clinically reasonable. Ask for the plan in writing so you can stage it.
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.
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.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by Esperanza Health Centers
Esperanza Health Centers 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
Distances are as the crow flies. Wait times are set clinic by clinic, so ask each one rather than assuming.
- ACCESS Servicios Medicos La Villita — Chicago, less than a mile away
- LCHC Health & Fitness - 3750 — Chicago, about 1.1 miles away
- Lawndale Christian Health Center Main Clinic — Chicago, about 1.2 miles away
- ACCESS Paul and Mimi Francis Westside Family Health Center — Chicago, about 1.4 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Esperanza Little Village
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
LCHC Health & Fitness - 3750
3750 W Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60623-2426 1.1 miles away
Community Health Center
Lawndale Christian Health Center Main Clinic
3860 W Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60623-2460 1.2 miles away
Community Health Center
ACCESS Paul and Mimi Francis Westside Family Health Center
3752 W 16th St, Chicago, IL 60623-2028 1.4 miles away
Before you call
