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Caruthersville Medical and Dental Center
109 E 5th St, Caruthersville, MO 63830-1417
Caruthersville Medical and Dental Center is a community health center dental clinic in Caruthersville, MO, operated by Southeast Missouri Health Network, which runs 5 clinics in Missouri.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 109 E 5th St, Caruthersville, MO 63830 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 573-922-6097 |
| Operated by | Southeast Missouri Health Network |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
109 E 5th St, Caruthersville, MO 63830
The published number is 573-922-6097. 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. The scale belongs to Southeast Missouri Health Network, not to a national schedule, so the only reliable figure is the one they give you. 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 Missouri 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
Is this a federally funded clinic?
Yes, this site operates under the federal Health Center Program, which is what obliges it to discount by household income and to see patients regardless of ability to pay. It does not make the care free, and it does not decide which treatments are offered here.
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.
Will they see me if I still owe them money?
Usually yes for pain and for anything urgent, though a clinic may ask you to agree a plan for the balance before booking routine work. An old balance is worth raising on the phone instead of discovering it at the desk; it is often smaller after a discount is applied than the letter suggests.
Can I book online?
No website is recorded for this clinic, so the phone is the route. If you reach a central number for the organization, say the clinic name and say the appointment is dental, or you may be booked into the medical schedule.
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.
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.
Size of the Dental Service
Southeast Missouri Health Network provided 16,381 dental visits and 7,769 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 21.5 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.
Other Clinics Operated by Southeast Missouri Health Network
Southeast Missouri Health Network operates 4 other clinics in 4 other communities in Missouri. 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. 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
These are straight-line distances. Two clinics a mile apart can have very different waits, so it is worth calling both.
- Otto Bean Dental Clinic — Kennett, about 22.2 miles away
- Healthy Partners — Blytheville, about 22.6 miles away
- Bernie Medical and Dental Center — Bernie, about 36.8 miles away
- Gibson County Community Health Center, TDH — Trenton, about 42.9 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Caruthersville Medical and Dental Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
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