Community Health Center
Mercy Dental
900 S Vienna St, Ruston, LA 71270-5830 0.2 miles away
Community Health Center
Lincoln Community Health Center
1140 S Vienna St, Ruston, LA 71270-5834
Lincoln Community Health Center is a community health center dental clinic in Ruston, LA, operated by Winn Community Health Center, which runs 6 clinics in Louisiana.
The health center is open about 64 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 1140 S Vienna St, Ruston, LA 71270 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 318-224-7190 |
| Operated by | Winn Community Health Center |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
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. The scale belongs to Winn Community Health Center, not to a national schedule, so the only reliable figure is the one they give you. 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 Louisiana 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.
Size of the Dental Service
Winn Community Health Center provided 13,570 dental visits and 6,670 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 17.59 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.
Planning Your Visit
1140 S Vienna St, Ruston, LA 71270
The published number is 318-224-7190. 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
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. Winn Community Health Center 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?
Across all of its sites, Winn Community Health Center reported treating 6,670 dental patients in its most recent federal return. That is the organization rather than this address, and a large organization can still run a small dental room here, so it tells you the program is real and operating rather than how many chairs are in this building.
How soon could I be seen?
Dental waits at health centers are frequently longer than medical waits, and can run weeks for a routine appointment. Ask for the next available and also whether they hold same-day slots for pain, which is a different queue.
What happens if I miss an appointment?
Missed dental appointments are taken seriously because the chair time cannot be reused, and repeated no-shows can affect whether you keep the slot. Call to cancel even at short notice; it costs you nothing and keeps you on the books.
Other Clinics Operated by Winn Community Health Center
Winn Community Health Center operates 5 other clinics in 4 other communities in Louisiana. 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
These are straight-line distances. Two clinics a mile apart can have very different waits, so it is worth calling both.
- Mercy Dental — Ruston, less than a mile away
- CommuniHealth Services - Downsville Clinic — Downsville, about 15.1 miles away
- PHSC West Monroe Family Health Center — West Monroe, about 28.4 miles away
- Pinnacle Family Health, Inc. — West Monroe, about 29.7 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Lincoln Community Health Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
CommuniHealth Services - Downsville Clinic
4787 Highway 151, Downsville, LA 71234-5145 15.1 miles away
Community Health Center
PHSC West Monroe Family Health Center
301 McMillan Rd, West Monroe, LA 71291-5385 28.4 miles away
Community Health Center
Pinnacle Family Health, Inc.
101 Crosley St, West Monroe, LA 71291-2913 29.7 miles away
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