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Kintegra Family Dentistry - Hickory
3070 11th Avenue Dr SE, Hickory, NC 28602-8336
Kintegra Family Dentistry - Hickory is a community health center dental clinic in Hickory, NC, operated by Gaston Family Health Services, which runs 14 clinics in North Carolina.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 3070 11th Avenue Dr SE, Hickory, NC 28602 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 704-874-1902 |
| Operated by | Gaston Family Health Services |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Published hours | Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm |
Published hours describe the health center overall and may not reflect when dental appointments are available. Confirm current dental hours with the clinic.
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.
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 Gaston 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 North Carolina 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.
Planning Your Visit
3070 11th Avenue Dr SE, Hickory, NC 28602
The published number is 704-874-1902. 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: 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
Can I book online?
This clinic publishes a website, linked at the top of this page, and some health centers take dental requests through a portal or a form. Calling is still usually faster for dental, because the dental schedule is often held separately from the one an online form writes into.
Will I see a dentist or a hygienist?
Depends on what you booked. A cleaning is normally a hygienist; an examination, filling or extraction is a dentist. Some clinics run hygiene appointments on different days from dentist appointments, which is worth knowing before you take time off.
Is the discount worked out on gross income or take-home pay?
Normally gross, before tax and deductions, which surprises people who budget by what lands in the account. Ask which figure this clinic uses and over what period, because a year that included a few months of higher earnings can put you in a band that does not reflect what you have now.
Is treatment free?
Usually not, though it can come close. Clinics like this one discount by household income and are required to see patients regardless of ability to pay, but a charge normally applies and the lowest band is a nominal fee rather than nothing. Gaston Family Health Services sets its own scale.
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.
Can I pay in installments?
Many health centers will arrange this, particularly for dentures or a course of treatment, but it is rarely advertised and you generally have to ask. Agree the amount and the schedule before treatment starts, and ask what happens if you miss one, because that varies more than the plans themselves do.
Other Clinics Operated by Gaston Family Health Services
Gaston Family Health Services operates 13 other clinics in 8 other communities in North Carolina. A central scheduling line can often say which of them has the shortest wait, and it is not always the nearest one. A sliding fee determination made at one of its clinics commonly carries across to the others, so income documents may not need providing twice. 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.
- Kintegra Family Dentistry - Lincolnton — Lincolnton, about 17 miles away
- Burke Dental — Morganton, about 21.5 miles away
- Kintegra Pediatric Medicine and Kintegra Family Dentistry - Statesville — Statesville, about 22.9 miles away
- Kintegra at Iredell County Health Department — Statesville, about 23.3 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based FeesMedicaid
Call Kintegra Family Dentistry - Hickory
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
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Burke Dental
500 E Parker Rd, Morganton, NC 28655-5113 21.5 miles away
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Kintegra Pediatric Medicine and Kintegra Family Dentistry - Statesville
518 Brookdale Dr, Statesville, NC 28677-4108 22.9 miles away
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Kintegra at Iredell County Health Department
318 Turnersburg Hwy, Statesville, NC 28625-2798 23.3 miles away
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