Affordable Dental Clinics in Belen, NM

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

1 Dental Clinic All Sliding Scale Medicaid Uninsured Emergency

Community Health Center

FCCH/BELEN CENTER

120 S 9th St, Belen, NM 87002-3102

Income-Based Fees Medicaid

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Affordable Dental Care in Belen, NM

1reviewed clinic

1operating organization

1with a published phone number

11 mito Los Lunas, the nearest listed city

This page lists one reviewed dental clinic in Belen, NM. It is operated by First Choice Community Healthcare.

First Choice Community Healthcare also runs 3 other sites in 3 other towns elsewhere in New Mexico. That is worth knowing if the Belen clinic cannot fit you in: a single organization usually shares one appointment system and one sliding fee determination, so being assessed once can carry across to a sister site, and their central line can tell you which of their locations has the shortest wait.

The nearest other New Mexico cities with listings are Los Lunas at about 11 miles (1 clinic), Albuquerque at about 31 miles (2 clinics), Edgewood at about 45 miles (1 clinic), Santa Fe at about 85 miles (5 clinics) and Cuba at about 94 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 Belen 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 Belen, 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 Belen

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

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Worth reading first

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Dental school clinics: what treatment costsCheaper for large amounts of work, slower for everything.

Bright and clean modern dental clinic room with advanced dental equipment.

How sliding-scale dental clinics workWho qualifies, and what the discount does and does not cover.

Close-up image of dental tools and model teeth for professional dentistry setup.

Finding dental care without insuranceThe three cheaper routes compared.

Dental school clinics: what treatment costsCheaper for large amounts of work, slower for everything.

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.