Affordable Dental Care in Houma, LA
This page lists 2 reviewed dental clinics in Houma, LA. They are run by 2 separate health center organizations — Start and Teche Action Board. That matters when you are calling around: each keeps its own books, its own waiting list and its own sliding fee schedule, so being turned away by one says nothing about the next.
Both clinics fall within a single Houma ZIP code, so they are close together. If neither can see you, the nearby cities below are the next place to look rather than another part of town.
The nearest other Louisiana cities with listings are Luling at about 32 miles (1 clinic), Lafitte at about 38 miles (1 clinic), Westwego at about 38 miles (1 clinic), Marrero at about 42 miles (1 clinic) and Kenner at about 42 miles (2 clinics). Distances are as the crow flies. It is worth calling across town boundaries: a clinic twenty minutes further out can be weeks sooner.
None of these Houma clinics has a website, so the phone is the only way to find out what they offer, what they charge and whether they can see you.
Who runs the dental clinics in Houma
Each of these is a separate organization with its own sliding fee schedule, its own waiting list and its own insurance contracts. Call them as separate options, not as one.
- Start — 1 site in Houma
- Teche Action Board — 1 site in Houma
Before you travel across Houma, settle the things these listings cannot: what to ask on the phone, how the sliding fee discount is applied for, and which door to use when it is urgent and money is short. If you think what you have might be an emergency, go to an emergency room rather than onto a dental waiting list; the price of that visit is not the thing to weigh in that moment.
