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River Valley Health - Lock Haven Medical and Dental
124 E Walnut St STE 2, Lock Haven, PA 17745-3522 24.1 miles away
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River Valley Health - Williamsport Medical and Dental
471 Hepburn St, Williamsport, PA 17701-6122
River Valley Health - Williamsport Medical and Dental is a community health center dental clinic in Williamsport, PA, operated by River Valley Health, which runs 2 clinics in Pennsylvania.
The health center is open about 49 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 471 Hepburn St, Williamsport, PA 17701 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 570-567-5400 |
| Operated by | River Valley Health |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
Planning Your Visit
471 Hepburn St, Williamsport, PA 17701
The published number is 570-567-5400. It may be a shared scheduling line. Say which site you mean and that you want dental rather than medical, or you can be booked into the wrong queue.
Things to settle on the phone first: 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, whether your insurance or Medicaid dental plan is accepted, by plan name, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.
Dental Services
This clinic has not published a list of the treatments it provides. Expect the routine treatments to be available. The question worth asking is about the expensive ones: root canals, dentures and oral surgery are handled in house at some health centers and referred out at others.
Costs and Coverage
Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. Where the thresholds fall is decided by River Valley Health, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. Ask them to run your household through it before you commit to a treatment plan. Our guide to applying for the discount lists the documents to bring.
No Medicaid registration has been recorded for this clinic, which is not the same as Medicaid being refused. What Pennsylvania Medicaid covers for adults is a state decision and has been cut and restored in several states; for children the benefit is required nationally. 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 dental public health 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.
Common Questions
Is there help if I do not speak English?
Health centers are required to provide language assistance and most have interpreting available, in person or by phone. Say which language you need when you book rather than on the day, so an interpreter can be arranged for the appointment.
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 need a specialist they do not have?
You would normally be referred out, and a referral from a health center does not carry the discount with it — the outside specialist charges their own fee. Ask what the referral would cost before starting anything that depends on it, because that is the point where an affordable plan often stops being affordable.
What if I have no income at all?
Health centers deal with this routinely and have a procedure for applicants who cannot document income — usually a signed declaration. Being unable to prove income is not a reason to stay away; say so when you call so they can tell you what to bring instead.
How soon could I be seen?
Dental waits at health centers are frequently longer than medical waits, and can run weeks for a routine appointment. Ask for the next available and also whether they hold same-day slots for pain, which is a different queue.
What happens at a first appointment?
Usually an examination with X-rays, sometimes a cleaning, and normally no treatment beyond that — anything found is scheduled for a later visit. Those items are billed separately, which is where unexpected first-visit charges come from. Ask for a written treatment plan with itemized costs before agreeing to anything, so you can stage the work over time if you need to.
Size of the Dental Service
River Valley Health provided 23,885 dental visits and 12,108 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 22.41 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.
Other Clinics Operated by River Valley Health
River Valley Health operates one other clinic elsewhere in Pennsylvania. Asking the scheduling line which site can see you soonest is usually faster than calling each in turn; the shortest wait is not always the closest clinic. Once your discount is assessed at one of its sites, the others normally honor it without a second application. 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.
- River Valley Health - Lock Haven Medical and Dental — Lock Haven, about 24.1 miles away
- BLOSSBURG LAUREL HEALTH CENTER — Blossburg, about 30.4 miles away
- Laurel Dental - Blossburg — Blossburg, about 30.5 miles away
- Troy Laurel Health Center — Troy, about 36.9 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call River Valley Health - Williamsport Medical and Dental
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
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6 Riverside Plz, Blossburg, PA 16912-1137 30.4 miles away
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Laurel Dental - Blossburg
116 Seymour St, Blossburg, PA 16912-1418 30.5 miles away
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Troy Laurel Health Center
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