Community Health Center

WILL COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

1106 Neal Ave, Joliet, IL 60433-2548

815-727-5935 Directions Website

WILL COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER is a community health center dental clinic in Joliet, IL, operated by Will County Community Health Center, which runs 2 clinics in Illinois.

The health center is open about 53 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.

Clinic Details

Address	1106 Neal Ave, Joliet, IL 60433
Phone	815-727-5935
Operated by	Will County Community Health Center
Program	Health Center Program (federally funded)
Site schedule	Full-Time
Operating calendar	Year-Round

Planning Your Visit

1106 Neal Ave, Joliet, IL 60433

The published number is 815-727-5935. 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 Will County Community Health Center, 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

Is the discount worked out on gross income or take-home pay?

Normally gross, before tax and deductions, which surprises people who budget by what lands in the account. Ask which figure this clinic uses and over what period, because a year that included a few months of higher earnings can put you in a band that does not reflect what you have now.

What if I do not have a phone for them to call back on?

Tell them at the point of booking and ask how they will contact you — some clinics will use an email address, a shelter or a relative’s number. Missing a call back about an appointment is a common way to lose a slot that was already booked.

Does Illinois Medicaid cover adult dental work?

That is decided at state level and has changed more than once in most states, ranging from comprehensive to emergency extractions only. Dental coverage for children enrolled in Medicaid is a required benefit everywhere. Our Medicaid dental page covers how to check where your state stands now.

Do they see children?

Health centers are generally set up for families and children’s dental coverage is a required Medicaid benefit in every state, so this is usually yes. Minimum ages and whether children are seen on the same days as adults do vary, so ask when booking.

Will they see me if I still owe them money?

Usually yes for pain and for anything urgent, though a clinic may ask you to agree a plan for the balance before booking routine work. An old balance is worth raising on the phone instead of discovering it at the desk; it is often smaller after a discount is applied than the letter suggests.

How do I get my records if I move away?

Ask for a copy of your chart and your X-rays, which you are entitled to. Recent images are worth having: a new dentist can often use them instead of taking their own, which saves a charge at the first visit somewhere else.

Size of the Dental Service

Will County Community Health Center provided 7,027 dental visits and 3,641 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 7.43 full-time dental staff. This indicates an established dental service operating regular sessions, although appointment availability still varies by clinic and time of year.

Figures describe the operating organization as a whole, across all of its clinics.

Other Clinics Operated by Will County Community Health Center

Will County Community Health Center operates one other clinic elsewhere in Illinois. 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

Distances are as the crow flies. Wait times are set clinic by clinic, so ask each one rather than assuming.

Will County Community Health Center - North — Bolingbrook, about 12.8 miles away
Community Health Fairs — Chicago Heights, about 21.5 miles away
AUNT MARTHA'S WOMEN'S HLTH CTR — Chicago Heights, about 21.5 miles away
Chicago Heights Community Health Center — Chicago Heights, about 22.2 miles away

Confirmed Payment Options

Income-Based Fees

Call WILL COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.

815-727-5935

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