Community Health Center
DFD RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTER - LEEDS
180 Church Hill Rd, Leeds, ME 04263-3448 15.4 miles away
Community Health Center
CCS Second Street Health Center
60 Second St, Auburn, ME 04210-6853
CCS Second Street Health Center is a community health center dental clinic in Auburn, ME, operated by Community Clinical Services.
The health center is open about 54 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 60 Second St, Auburn, ME 04210 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 207-755-3456 |
| Operated by | Community Clinical Services |
| Program | Health Center Program look-alike |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
A look-alike meets every requirement of the federal Health Center Program — including the income-based sliding fee discount and seeing patients regardless of ability to pay — but does not receive the federal grant that funds the others. For you as a patient the discount works the same way; what differs is the funding behind it.
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 bands are set by Community Clinical Services rather than nationally, which is why prices differ between two clinics on the same scale. 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 Maine 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.
Dental Providers at This Clinic
Alongside general dentistry, providers registered in dental hygiene, for cleanings and preventive care and pediatric dentistry, for children practice at this address. That is not the same as the clinic taking new patients for those treatments, or the discount covering them, so name the treatment when you call.
Planning Your Visit
60 Second St, Auburn, ME 04210
The published number is 207-755-3456. 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
What if this clinic cannot take me?
Other clinics run by the same organization and the nearest alternatives are listed further down this page, each with its own waiting list. Dental school and dental hygiene teaching clinics are a separate route worth trying in the same area.
Is anything done for anxiety?
Ask, because the answer changes what the visit costs. Talking it through, longer appointments and numbing gel before the injection are usually free; sedation is a billed extra and does not always fall inside the discount. Our guide to dental anxiety and what it costs covers what to ask for.
Can I book online?
This clinic publishes a website, linked at the top of this page, and some health centers take dental requests through a portal or a form. Calling is still usually faster for dental, because the dental schedule is often held separately from the one an online form writes into.
Can I be seen without insurance?
Yes. Being uninsured is the ordinary case at a clinic like this, not an exception, and it is much of the reason the sliding scale exists. Bring income documentation if you have it and ask what they accept if you do not.
Can I get dentures here?
Many health centers do dentures, and the discount can make them dramatically cheaper than private practice. The catch is laboratory costs, which are often billed on top of the discounted fee and are the bulk of the price. Ask for the total including laboratory work.
Would a dental school be cheaper?
For a large amount of work, often yes — but a school screens you first, may turn your case down, and takes months rather than weeks. A health center discounts by your income and can usually see you sooner. Our guide to dental school clinics compares the two.
Other Clinics Operated by Community Clinical Services
This is the only site Community Clinical Services operates, which means a single waiting list with no sister clinic to try instead. The nearby clinics listed below are the alternative.
Other Dental Clinics Nearby
Straight-line distances. The nearest clinic is not reliably the one that can see you soonest, so try a couple.
- DFD RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTER - LEEDS — Leeds, about 15.4 miles away
- Greater Portland Health at 63 Preble Street — Portland, about 29.6 miles away
- SACOPEE VALLEY HEALTH CENTER — Porter, about 38.2 miles away
- White Mountain Community Health Center — Conway, about 44.8 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call CCS Second Street Health Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Greater Portland Health at 63 Preble Street
63 Preble St, Portland, ME 04101-3014 29.6 miles away
Community Health Center
SACOPEE VALLEY HEALTH CENTER
70 Main St, Porter, ME 04068-3527 38.2 miles away
Community Health Center
White Mountain Community Health Center
298 White Mountain Hwy, Conway, NH 03818-4204 44.8 miles away
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