Community Health Center

Meridian Health Services

240 N Tillotson Ave, Muncie, IN 47304-3988

765-288-1928 Directions Website

Meridian Health Services is a community health center dental clinic in Muncie, IN, operated by Meridian Health Services, which runs 6 clinics in Indiana.

The health center is open about 47.5 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.

Clinic Details

Address	240 N Tillotson Ave, Muncie, IN 47304
Phone	765-288-1928
Operated by	Meridian Health Services
Program	Health Center Program (federally funded)
Site schedule	Full-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. Where the thresholds fall is decided by Meridian Health Services, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. 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 Indiana 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

240 N Tillotson Ave, Muncie, IN 47304

The published number is 765-288-1928. 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

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.

Can I pay in installments?

Many health centers will arrange this, particularly for dentures or a course of treatment, but it is rarely advertised and you generally have to ask. Agree the amount and the schedule before treatment starts, and ask what happens if you miss one, because that varies more than the plans themselves do.

Is treatment free?

Usually not, though it can come close. Clinics like this one discount by household income and are required to see patients regardless of ability to pay, but a charge normally applies and the lowest band is a nominal fee rather than nothing. Meridian Health Services sets its own scale.

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 have no fixed address?

Say so when you call rather than leaving the field blank. Health centers see people without stable housing routinely, some hold a specific program for it, and a shelter or day center address is normally accepted for the paperwork. Not having an address is not a disqualification.

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.

Other Clinics Operated by Meridian Health Services

Meridian Health Services operates 5 other clinics in 5 other communities in Indiana. 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

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

Meridian Health Services Corp — Muncie, less than a mile away
Meridian Health Services Corp — Anderson, about 14.9 miles away
Meridian Health Services Corp — Elwood, about 23.1 miles away
Meridian Health Services Corp — Marion, about 29.2 miles away

Confirmed Payment Options

Income-Based Fees

Call Meridian Health Services

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

765-288-1928

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