Community Health Center
Peabody FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
89 Foster St, Peabody, MA 01960-8925 1.4 miles away
Community Health Center
Peabody Learning Academy
210 Andover St, Peabody, MA 01960-1647
Peabody Learning Academy is a community health center dental clinic in Peabody, MA, operated by North Shore Community Health, which runs 4 clinics in Massachusetts.
The health center is open about 16 hours a week and may run only one or two days, so dental appointments are scarce.
Access to This Clinic
This clinic is located inside a school. School-based health center sites typically serve enrolled students, and in some cases their families or the surrounding community. Access is determined jointly by the school and the health center. Contact the clinic before visiting to confirm whether patients who are not students can be seen.
This clinic operates seasonally. Seasonal sites often serve agricultural communities and close outside their operating season. Confirm that the clinic is currently open before visiting.
Clinic Details
| Address | 210 Andover St, Peabody, MA 01960 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 978-740-8388 |
| Operated by | North Shore Community Health |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Setting | School |
Planning Your Visit
210 Andover St, Peabody, MA 01960
The published number is 978-740-8388. It may be a shared scheduling line. Say which site you mean and that you want dental rather than medical, or you can be booked into the wrong queue.
Things to settle on the phone first: 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.
Dental Services
This clinic has not published a list of the treatments it provides. Expect the routine treatments to be available. The question worth asking is about the expensive ones: root canals, dentures and oral surgery are handled in house at some health centers and referred out at others.
Costs and Coverage
Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. North Shore Community Health sets its own income bands, so a quote from another clinic tells you nothing about this one. Ask them to run your household through it before you commit to a treatment plan. 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. What Massachusetts Medicaid covers for adults is a state decision and has been cut and restored in several states; for children the benefit is required nationally. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.
Common Questions
Can anyone use this clinic?
This site operates inside a school, which usually means it serves enrolled students and sometimes their siblings rather than the general public. Confirm who is eligible before you travel; if you are not, the other clinics listed below are the ones to call.
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.
Do I have to be a registered patient first?
Some clinics require you to register with the health center before booking dental, which adds a step and sometimes a separate appointment. Ask about that on the first call so you are not turned back at the desk.
Do I need to be a US citizen?
No. The Health Center Program does not set citizenship or immigration status as a condition of being seen, and clinics in it are not required to ask. What they do need is something to work out your fee, which is income and household size rather than status. If this is the thing keeping you from calling, ask what they require before you decide not to go.
Is this the only option in Peabody?
No — Peabody has other clinics of this kind, and they are listed on the page for the city. Waiting lists are held separately at each one, so the shortest wait is not reliably at the nearest address.
Can I just walk in?
Rarely for dental, even where the medical side takes walk-ins. Dental chairs are booked by appointment because each one occupies a room and a clinician for a set time. Call first; a walk-in dental visit is usually reserved for emergencies.
Other Clinics Operated by North Shore Community Health
North Shore Community Health operates 3 other clinics in 3 other communities in Massachusetts. Asking the scheduling line which site can see you soonest is usually faster than calling each in turn; the shortest wait is not always the closest clinic. 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
Measured straight-line rather than by road. Availability varies enough between them that a second call is usually worth making.
- Peabody FAMILY HEALTH CENTER — Peabody, about 1.4 miles away
- Program for All - Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Site — Beverly, about 3.2 miles away
- SALEM FAMILY HEALTH CENTER — Salem, about 3.3 miles away
- LYNN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER — Lynn, about 5.2 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Peabody Learning Academy
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Program for All - Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Site
100 Cummings Ctr, Beverly, MA 01915-6115 3.2 miles away
Community Health Center
SALEM FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
47 Congress St, Salem, MA 01970-7308 3.3 miles away
Community Health Center
LYNN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
269 Union St, Lynn, MA 01901-1314 5.2 miles away
Before you call
