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Pelion Pediatrics and Family Practice
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Community Health Center
Family Health Centers, Inc., Training and Telehealth Hub
3310 Magnolia St, Orangeburg, SC 29115-1468
Family Health Centers, Inc., Training and Telehealth Hub is a community health center dental clinic in Orangeburg, SC, operated by Family Health Centers.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 3310 Magnolia St, Orangeburg, SC 29115 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 803-531-6900 |
| Operated by | Family Health Centers |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
3310 Magnolia St, Orangeburg, SC 29115
The published number is 803-531-6900. 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, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.
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
Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. The scale belongs to Family Health Centers, not to a national schedule, so the only reliable figure is the one they give you. 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.
This clinic has a Medicaid billing registration on file, which is a good sign but not a guarantee for your particular plan. What South Carolina 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 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
What if I have no fixed address?
Say so when you call rather than leaving the field blank. Health centers see people without stable housing routinely, some hold a specific program for it, and a shelter or day center address is normally accepted for the paperwork. Not having an address is not a disqualification.
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. Family Health Centers 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.
Other Clinics Operated by Family Health Centers
This is the only site Family Health Centers operates, which means a single waiting list with no sister clinic to try instead. The nearby clinics listed below are the alternative.
Other Dental Clinics Nearby
These are straight-line distances. Two clinics a mile apart can have very different waits, so it is worth calling both.
- Pelion Pediatrics and Family Practice — Pelion, about 28.6 miles away
- Eau Claire Family Dentistry at Monticello Road — Columbia, about 37.6 miles away
- Tandem Health Dental — Sumter, about 38.3 miles away
- Genesis Healthcare, Inc. dba Walterboro Family Care and Pediatrics — Walterboro, about 43.2 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based FeesMedicaid
Call Family Health Centers, Inc., Training and Telehealth Hub
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Eau Claire Family Dentistry at Monticello Road
4605 Monticello Rd, Columbia, SC 29203-4156 37.6 miles away
Community Health Center
Tandem Health Dental
12 Barnette Dr, Sumter, SC 29150-8004 38.3 miles away
Community Health Center
Genesis Healthcare, Inc. dba Walterboro Family Care and Pediatrics
830 Robertson Blvd, Walterboro, SC 29488-3081 43.2 miles away
Before you call
