Affordable Dental Care in Bronx, NY
This page lists 22 reviewed dental clinics in Bronx, NY. They are run by 13 separate health center organizations, including Union Community Health Center, Bronxcare Health Integrated Services System, The Institute for Family Health and New York City Health and Hospitals. Because they are independent of each other, the assessment you get at one does not carry to the next, and neither does its waiting list. Call more than one.
The 22 clinics sit across 12 different Bronx ZIP codes. Which one is actually closest depends on where in the city you are, so search by ZIP rather than picking from the list. Travel time matters more than distance if you are on a bus route.
The nearest other New York cities with listings are New York at about 3 miles (15 clinics), Mount Vernon at about 6 miles (1 clinic) and Flushing at about 7 miles (1 clinic). Those are straight-line distances from the city center, not road miles. Waits differ sharply between neighboring towns, so widening the search is usually worth the extra call — particularly for a specific treatment rather than a check-up.
8 of the 22 Bronx locations have no website, so calling is the only way to find out what they offer. The other 14 carry links on the listing, though an organization-wide website often will not say which of its sites runs a dental clinic.
Who runs the dental clinics in Bronx
Each of these is a separate organization with its own sliding fee schedule, its own waiting list and its own insurance contracts. Call them as separate options, not as one.
- Union Community Health Center — 5 sites in Bronx
- Bronxcare Health Integrated Services System — 3 sites in Bronx
- The Institute for Family Health — 3 sites in Bronx
- New York City Health and Hospitals — 2 sites in Bronx
- Bronx Community Health Network — 1 site in Bronx
- Care for the Homeless — 1 site in Bronx
- Community Healthcare Network — 1 site in Bronx
- Damian Family Care Centers — 1 site in Bronx
- La Casa de Salud — 1 site in Bronx
- Montefiore Medical Center — 1 site in Bronx
- Morris Heights Health Center — 1 site in Bronx
- Urban Health Plan — 1 site in Bronx
- Vocational Instruction Project Community Services — 1 site in Bronx
ZIP codes covered: 10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455, 10456, 10457, 10458, 10459, 10461, 10462, 10473. If none of these is near you, the nearby cities listed below are the next place to look.
Before you travel across Bronx, 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.


