Community Health Center
Richford Dental Clinic
44 Main St STE 400, Richford, VT 05476-1141 0 miles away
Community Health Center
Richford Health Center
44 Main St, Richford, VT 05476-1153
Richford Health Center is a community health center dental clinic in Richford, VT, operated by The Richford Health Center, which runs 3 clinics in Vermont.
The health center is open about 52 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 44 Main St, Richford, VT 05476 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 802-255-5500 |
| Operated by | The Richford Health Center |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
| Published hours | Monday-Friday: 7:00am-5:00pm |
Published hours describe the health center overall and may not reflect when dental appointments are available. Confirm current dental hours with the clinic.
Planning Your Visit
44 Main St, Richford, VT 05476
The published number is 802-255-5500. 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: 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. Where the thresholds fall is decided by The Richford Health Center, 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.
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.
Common Questions
Can I get an itemized receipt?
Yes, and ask for one. You need it to claim from an HSA or FSA, to apply to a charitable program, and to get a second opinion on the same plan of work. A receipt that says only a total is not much use for any of those.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Do I have to be a registered patient first?
Some clinics require you to register with the health center before booking dental, which adds a step and sometimes a separate appointment. Ask about that on the first call so you are not turned back at the desk.
Size of the Dental Service
The Richford Health Center provided 15,000 dental visits and 6,562 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 21.6 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 The Richford Health Center
The Richford Health Center operates 2 other clinics in 2 other communities 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 as the crow flies. Wait times are set clinic by clinic, so ask each one rather than assuming.
- Richford Dental Clinic — Richford, at the same address
- Swanton Health Center — Swanton, about 22.6 miles away
- Orleans Dental Center — Orleans, about 26.6 miles away
- Lamoille Health Family Dentistry — Morrisville, about 29.5 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based FeesMedicaid
Call Richford Health Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Swanton Health Center
26 Canada St, Swanton, VT 05488-1335 22.6 miles away
Community Health Center
Orleans Dental Center
11 Union St, Orleans, VT 05860-1218 26.6 miles away
Community Health Center
Lamoille Health Family Dentistry
66 Morrisville Plz, Morrisville, VT 05661-4482 29.5 miles away
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