Affordable Dental Clinics in Lincoln, NE

Explore community health centers, sliding-scale dental clinics and other affordable dental care options in Lincoln.

1 Dental Clinic All Sliding Scale Medicaid Uninsured Emergency

Community Health Center

Bluestem Health: Main Clinic

1021 N 27th St, Lincoln, NE 68503-1803

Income-Based Fees Medicaid Emergency Dental

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Affordable Dental Care in Lincoln, NE

1reviewed clinic

1operating organization

1with a published phone number

42 mito Omaha, the nearest listed city

This page lists one reviewed dental clinic in Lincoln, NE. It is operated by Bluestem Health.

The nearest other Nebraska cities with listings are Omaha at about 42 miles (4 clinics), Fremont at about 45 miles (1 clinic), Columbus at about 57 miles (1 clinic), Madison at about 80 miles (1 clinic) and Grand Island at about 88 miles (1 clinic). Distances are as the crow flies. It is worth calling across town boundaries: a clinic twenty minutes further out can be weeks sooner.

This Lincoln clinic has a website recorded, linked from its listing. Be aware that a health center's site usually describes the organization rather than the individual address, and dental care is frequently offered at only some sites — so the website is a starting point rather than confirmation.

Before you travel across Lincoln, settle the things these listings cannot: what to ask on the phone, how the sliding fee discount is applied for, and which door to use when it is urgent and money is short. If you think what you have might be an emergency, go to an emergency room rather than onto a dental waiting list; the price of that visit is not the thing to weigh in that moment.

Local care options

Other Routes Near Lincoln

Two routes are not listed here at all: dental school teaching clinics or free and charitable clinics, both of which are usually organized locally. Your county health department knows them, and so does the front desk at any clinic listed above.

Nearby Cities

Omaha4 clinics Gering2 clinics Norfolk2 clinics Madison1 clinic Chadron1 clinic Columbus1 clinic

Worth reading first

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What to ask before your first visitThe questions that decide whether the trip is worth making.

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Dental insurance, discount plans and paying cashWhich is worth it at the amount of work you need.

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Does Medicaid cover dental care?Adult coverage is a state choice; children are covered everywhere.

What to ask before your first visitThe questions that decide whether the trip is worth making.

Before you call

Frequently Asked Questions

This is the only clinic listed here. What if it cannot take me?

One listing means one waiting list, so plan for that. The nearby cities below are the next places to look, and dental school and hygiene teaching clinics in the state are a separate route that keeps its own lists.

Will the number listed reach the dental department?

Often it reaches central scheduling instead, especially at larger organizations. Name the clinic and say the appointment is dental, or you can be booked into the medical queue.

How do I confirm a sliding-fee discount?

Ask which documents the clinic wants, whether dental is on a separate fee schedule from medical, and what your planned treatment would cost after the discount is applied.