Affordable Dental Care in Lafayette, LA
This page lists 2 reviewed dental clinics in Lafayette, LA. They are run by 2 separate health center organizations — Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center and Swla Center for Health Services. Separate organizations mean separate waiting lists and separate fee scales, so a no from one is not a no from the others. It is worth working through them.
Both clinics fall within a single Lafayette 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 Saint Martinville at about 12 miles (1 clinic), Abbeville at about 19 miles (1 clinic), New Iberia at about 20 miles (1 clinic), Opelousas at about 24 miles (1 clinic) and Livonia at about 35 miles (1 clinic). Straight-line from the city center, so road distance will be longer. Even so, the nearby lists are worth working through, because waits vary more than distance does.
Both Lafayette clinics have a website recorded, linked from their listings. Be aware that a health center's site usually describes the organization rather than the individual address, and dental care is frequently offered at only some sites — so the website is a starting point rather than confirmation.
Who runs the dental clinics in Lafayette
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.
- Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center — 1 site in Lafayette
- Swla Center for Health Services — 1 site in Lafayette
Before you travel across Lafayette, 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.
