Community Health Center
Arthur Center Montgomery
1225 Aguilar Dr, Montgomery City, MO 63361 1.4 miles away
Community Health Center
Clarity Healthcare
400 Salisbury St, Montgomery City, MO 63361-1213
Clarity Healthcare is a community health center dental clinic in Montgomery City, MO, operated by Preferred Family Healthcare, which runs 7 clinics across 2 states.
The health center is open about 8 hours a week and may run only one or two days, so dental appointments are scarce.
Clinic Details
| Address | 400 Salisbury St, Montgomery City, MO 63361 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 573-603-1460 |
| Operated by | Preferred Family Healthcare |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
400 Salisbury St, Montgomery City, MO 63361
The published number is 573-603-1460. 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. Where the thresholds fall is decided by Preferred Family Healthcare, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. 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.
Does Missouri 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.
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 should I bring to the first appointment?
Photo identification, proof of address, and documentation of household income — recent pay stubs, a benefits award letter or a tax return. Take your insurance or Medicaid card if you have one, and a list of any medications you take.
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.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by Preferred Family Healthcare
Preferred Family Healthcare operates 6 other clinics across 2 states, 5 of them 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. The income assessment usually transfers between sites in the same organization, which saves repeating the paperwork. 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.
- Arthur Center Montgomery — Montgomery City, about 1.4 miles away
- Compass Health Inc. — Warrenton, about 22.9 miles away
- Arthur Center Community Health — Mexico, about 23.4 miles away
- Compass Health, Inc. — Troy, about 28.5 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Clarity Healthcare
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Compass Health Inc.
19515 Brune Pkwy, Warrenton, MO 63383-6505 22.9 miles away
Community Health Center
Arthur Center Community Health
340 Kelley Pkwy, Mexico, MO 65265-3811 23.4 miles away
Community Health Center
Compass Health, Inc.
91 Troy Sq, Troy, MO 63379-3227 28.5 miles away
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