Community Health Center
SCENIC RIVERS HEALTH SERVICES
20 5th St SE, Cook, MN 55723-9746 19.1 miles away
Community Health Center
SCENIC RIVERS HEALTH SERVICES
415 2nd St N, Suite 2, Tower, MN 55790-0003
SCENIC RIVERS HEALTH SERVICES is a community health center dental clinic in Tower, MN, operated by Cook Area Health Services, which runs 5 clinics in Minnesota.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 415 2nd St N, Suite 2, Tower, MN 55790 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 218-753-2405 |
| Operated by | Cook Area Health Services |
| 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. Where the thresholds fall is decided by Cook Area Health Services, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. 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 Minnesota 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
Cook Area Health Services provided 9,861 dental visits and 4,448 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 16.9 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
415 2nd St N, Suite 2, Tower, MN 55790
The published number is 218-753-2405. 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 happens at a first appointment?
Usually an examination with X-rays, sometimes a cleaning, and normally no treatment beyond that — anything found is scheduled for a later visit. Those items are billed separately, which is where unexpected first-visit charges come from. Ask for a written treatment plan with itemized costs before agreeing to anything, so you can stage the work over time if you need to.
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.
Is dental priced the same as medical here?
Not always. Dental is sometimes on its own fee schedule at the same clinic, and laboratory costs for a crown or denture are often billed on top of the discounted fee. Ask specifically about dental rather than assuming the medical answer applies.
When is the dental clinic open?
Dental hours are frequently shorter than the hours posted for the health center as a whole, and they are not published in a form we can confirm for this clinic. Ask for the dental schedule specifically rather than the center’s.
Is the building accessible if I use a wheelchair?
Federally supported facilities are subject to accessibility requirements, but the practical questions — whether the dental chair can be transferred to, whether the accessible entrance is the one you would arrive at — are worth asking directly rather than assuming from the front door.
Does Minnesota Medicaid cover adult dental work?
That is decided at state level and has changed more than once in most states, ranging from comprehensive to emergency extractions only. Dental coverage for children enrolled in Medicaid is a required benefit everywhere. Our Medicaid dental page covers how to check where your state stands now.
Other Clinics Operated by Cook Area Health Services
Cook Area Health Services operates 4 other clinics in 3 other communities in Minnesota. A central scheduling line can often say which of them has the shortest wait, and it is not always the nearest one. Once your discount is assessed at one of its sites, the others normally honor it without a second application. 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
Distances are as the crow flies. Wait times are set clinic by clinic, so ask each one rather than assuming.
- SCENIC RIVERS HEALTH SERVICES — Cook, about 19.1 miles away
- SCENIC RIVERS HEALTH SERVICES — Cook, about 19.5 miles away
- SCENIC RIVERS HEALTH SERVICES — Floodwood, about 67.8 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call SCENIC RIVERS HEALTH SERVICES
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
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