Affordable Dental Care in Houston, TX
This page lists 15 reviewed dental clinics in Houston, TX. They are run by 8 separate health center organizations, including El Centro de Corazon, Legacy Community Health Services, Houston Area Community Services and Houston Community Health Centers. 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 15 clinics sit across 12 different Houston 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 Texas cities with listings are Bellaire at about 6 miles (1 clinic), Pasadena at about 10 miles (1 clinic) and Stafford at about 15 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.
3 of the 15 Houston locations have no website, so calling is the only way to find out what they offer. The other 12 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 Houston
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.
- El Centro de Corazon — 3 sites in Houston
- Legacy Community Health Services — 3 sites in Houston
- Houston Area Community Services — 2 sites in Houston
- Houston Community Health Centers — 2 sites in Houston
- St. Hope Foundation — 2 sites in Houston
- Asian American Health Coalition of the Greater Houston Area — 1 site in Houston
- Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston — 1 site in Houston
- Stephen F. Austin Community Health Center — 1 site in Houston
ZIP codes covered: 77002, 77006, 77008, 77011, 77012, 77020, 77023, 77036, 77060, 77074, 77083, 77089. If none of these is near you, the nearby cities listed below are the next place to look.
Before you travel across Houston, 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.


