Community Health Center
School - Based Dental Center at the Integrated Arts Academy (IAA)
6 Archibald St, Burlington, VT 05401-4279 0.4 miles away
Community Health Center
Community Health Centers - Riverside
617 Riverside Ave, Burlington, VT 05401-1601
Community Health Centers - Riverside is a community health center dental clinic in Burlington, VT, operated by Community Health Centers of Burlington, which runs 3 clinics in Vermont.
The health center is open about 49.5 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 617 Riverside Ave, Burlington, VT 05401 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 802-864-6309 |
| Operated by | Community Health Centers of Burlington |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
Planning Your Visit
617 Riverside Ave, Burlington, VT 05401
The published number is 802-864-6309. 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. Because Community Health Centers of Burlington sets the thresholds itself, the same household can pay different amounts at two different health centers. 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 Vermont 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
Can they do specialist work here?
Providers in more than general dentistry are registered at this address, which is listed further up the page. That does not mean the clinic is taking new patients for those treatments or that they fall inside the discount, so name the treatment when you call.
Will they see me if I still owe them money?
Usually yes for pain and for anything urgent, though a clinic may ask you to agree a plan for the balance before booking routine work. An old balance is worth raising on the phone instead of discovering it at the desk; it is often smaller after a discount is applied than the letter suggests.
Is this the only option in Burlington?
No — Burlington has other clinics of this kind, and they are listed on the page for the city. Waiting lists are held separately at each one, so the shortest wait is not reliably at the nearest address.
What if I need to be seen urgently?
If you think it might be an emergency, go to an emergency room rather than trying to book here — that is the one situation where the price of the visit is not the thing to weigh. Otherwise, call early in the day and say you are in pain, because it routes the call differently; some health centers hold same-day slots for exactly that and do not advertise them.
What if this clinic cannot take me?
Other clinics run by the same organization and the nearest alternatives are listed further down this page, each with its own waiting list. Dental school and dental hygiene teaching clinics are a separate route worth trying in the same area.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by Community Health Centers of Burlington
Community Health Centers of Burlington operates 2 other clinics elsewhere in Vermont. 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 straight-line, not driving. Waiting times differ sharply between neighbors, so call more than one.
- School - Based Dental Center at the Integrated Arts Academy (IAA) — Burlington, less than a mile away
- Community Health Centers - South End — Burlington, about 2.3 miles away
- Mountain Community Health — Bristol, about 25 miles away
- Swanton Health Center — Swanton, about 30 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based FeesMedicaid
Call Community Health Centers - Riverside
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Community Health Centers - South End
789 Pine St, Burlington, VT 05401-4924 2.3 miles away
Community Health Center
Mountain Community Health
61 Pine St, Bristol, VT 05443-1043 25 miles away
Community Health Center
Swanton Health Center
26 Canada St, Swanton, VT 05488-1335 30 miles away
Before you call
