Affordable Dental Care in Dayton, OH
This page lists 4 reviewed dental clinics in Dayton, OH. They are run by 2 separate health center organizations — Five Rivers Health Centers and Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton. That matters when you are calling around: each keeps its own books, its own waiting list and its own sliding fee schedule, so being turned away by one says nothing about the next.
The 4 clinics sit across 2 different Dayton ZIP codes. That spread means the closest one to you is not necessarily the first on this list. Search by ZIP code, and factor in the journey rather than the mileage.
The nearest other Ohio cities with listings are New Carlisle at about 8 miles (1 clinic), Xenia at about 15 miles (1 clinic) and Springfield at about 17 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.
1 of the 4 Dayton locations has no website, so calling is the only way to find out what it offers. The other 3 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 Dayton
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.
- Five Rivers Health Centers — 3 sites in Dayton
- Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton — 1 site in Dayton
ZIP codes covered: 45417, 45424. If none of these is near you, the nearby cities listed below are the next place to look.
Before you travel across Dayton, 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.
