High Country Community Health Watauga Dental

High Country Community Health Watauga Dental is a community health center dental clinic in Boone, NC, operated by High Country Community Health, which runs 5 clinics in North Carolina.

The health center is open about 36 hours a week, so dental capacity is limited and the wait can be long.

Clinic Details

Published hours describe the health center overall and may not reflect when dental appointments are available. Confirm current dental hours with the clinic.

Costs and Coverage

Fees follow an income-based scale, so the same treatment costs different patients different amounts. Where the thresholds fall is decided by High Country Community Health, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. Get the assessment done first; it changes what the whole plan costs, not just the first visit. 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. North Carolina decides its own adult dental benefit, which ranges from comprehensive to emergency extractions only depending on the state and the year. Children are covered everywhere. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.

Dental Services

Service and coverage information recorded for this clinic includes:

• Medicaid

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.

Dental Providers at This Clinic

Alongside general dentistry, providers registered in endodontics, for root canal treatment 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.

Planning Your Visit

108 Doctors Dr, Boone, NC 28607

The published number is 828-262-3886. At larger organizations it may reach central scheduling rather than the dental department, so say which clinic you are calling about and that it is for dental care.

Before making the trip, check: 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.

Size of the Dental Service

High Country Community Health provided 9,553 dental visits and 3,779 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 14.22 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.

Common Questions

Other Clinics Operated by High Country Community Health

High Country Community Health operates 4 other clinics in 3 other communities in North Carolina. Where an organization runs several clinics, the waits rarely match. It is worth asking which one has capacity before settling on the closest. 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.

• High Country Community Health Watauga Center — Boone, less than a mile away
• High Country Community Health Avery Medical Site — Newland, about 17 miles away
• Avery Dental Clinic — Newland, about 17.2 miles away
• Appalachian District Health Department Dental Center — Jefferson, about 18.6 miles away