Community Health Center

Hometown Health Centers Dental at State Street

1108 State St, Schenectady, NY 12304-2610

518-370-1441 Directions Website

Hometown Health Centers Dental at State Street is a community health center dental clinic in Schenectady, NY, operated by Schenectady Family Health Services, which runs 2 clinics in New York.

The health center is open about 59 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.

Clinic Details

Address	1108 State St, Schenectady, NY 12304
Phone	518-370-1441
Operated by	Schenectady Family Health Services
Program	Health Center Program (federally funded)

Dental Services

Service and coverage information recorded for this clinic includes:

Children's dental care
Cleanings
Dental implants
Dentures
Extractions
Fillings
Medicaid
Root canal treatment

Treatments offered and insurance accepted change over time, and services not listed here may still be available. Contact the clinic to confirm what is currently offered.

Costs and Coverage

What you pay here is worked out from your household income and family size, not read off a price list. Where the thresholds fall is decided by Schenectady Family Health Services, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. Ask for your band in writing before agreeing to a course of treatment. Our guide to applying for the discount lists the documents to bring.

This clinic has a Medicaid billing registration on file, which is a good sign but not a guarantee for your particular plan. Adult dental coverage under New York Medicaid is decided at state level and has changed more than once in most states; children’s dental coverage is required everywhere. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.

Dental Providers at This Clinic

Alongside general dentistry, providers registered in dental hygiene, for cleanings and preventive care and pediatric dentistry, for children practice at this address. That is not the same as the clinic taking new patients for those treatments, or the discount covering them, so name the treatment when you call.

Size of the Dental Service

Schenectady Family Health Services provided 31,716 dental visits and 13,061 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 33.62 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.

Planning Your Visit

1108 State St, Schenectady, NY 12304

The published number is 518-370-1441. Where an organization runs several sites this often lands at a central desk, so name the clinic and say the appointment is dental.

The call is worth making for: 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, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.

Common Questions

Does my partner’s income count?

If you share a household, generally yes, and household size counts in your favor at the same time — the scale reads income against the number of people it supports. Say who lives with you and who depends on that income, rather than giving a single figure and letting them assume.

What if I do not have a phone for them to call back on?

Tell them at the point of booking and ask how they will contact you — some clinics will use an email address, a shelter or a relative’s number. Missing a call back about an appointment is a common way to lose a slot that was already booked.

Is Medicaid accepted?

A Medicaid billing registration is on file for this clinic, so probably yes — but participation runs plan by plan. In most states the dental benefit runs through separate managed care plans, so call with the dental plan name printed on your card rather than asking about Medicaid in general.

Do they do root canals, or would I be referred out?

This is the question worth asking before anything else if you already know you need one. Health centers commonly do extractions in-house and refer root canals to a private endodontist at full price, which changes the arithmetic completely. Ask before you start treatment, not after.

Would a dental school be cheaper?

For a large amount of work, often yes — but a school screens you first, may turn your case down, and takes months rather than weeks. A health center discounts by your income and can usually see you sooner. Our guide to dental school clinics compares the two.

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 Schenectady Family Health Services

Schenectady Family Health Services operates one other clinic elsewhere in New York. A central scheduling line can often say which of them has the shortest wait, and it is not always the nearest one. 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.

Hometown Health Centers — Schenectady, less than a mile away
Watervliet Health Center — Watervliet, about 12.5 miles away
Whitney Young Health Dental Services — Albany, about 13.2 miles away
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. HEALTH CENTER — Albany, about 13.2 miles away

Confirmed Payment Options

Income-Based FeesMedicaid

Confirmed Dental Services

Children's Dental CareDental CleaningDental ImplantsDenturesFillingsRoot CanalTooth Extraction

Call Hometown Health Centers Dental at State Street

Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.

518-370-1441

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