Community Health Center
Herndon Dental
1141 Elden St STE 205-206, Herndon, VA 20170-5549 0 miles away
Community Health Center
Loudoun Community Health Center dba HealthWorks for Northern Virginia (Herndon)
1141 Elden St, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170-5572
Loudoun Community Health Center dba HealthWorks for Northern Virginia (Herndon) is a community health center dental clinic in Herndon, VA, operated by Loudoun Community Health Center, which runs 3 clinics in Virginia.
The health center is open about 48 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 1141 Elden St, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 703-443-2000 |
| Operated by | Loudoun Community Health Center |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Dental Services
No service list has been published for this clinic, so the range here is worth asking about directly rather than assuming. The routine work — examinations, cleanings, X-rays, fillings, extractions — is normally available. Whether root canals, dentures and surgery are done on site is what differs from clinic to clinic.
Costs and Coverage
What you pay here is worked out from your household income and family size, not read off a price list. Because Loudoun Community Health Center sets the thresholds itself, the same household can pay different amounts at two different health centers. Ask for your band in writing before agreeing to a course of treatment. 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. Adult dental coverage under Virginia Medicaid is decided at state level and has changed more than once in most states; children’s dental coverage is required everywhere. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.
Size of the Dental Service
Loudoun Community Health Center provided 10,191 dental visits and 4,300 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 14.23 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.
Planning Your Visit
1141 Elden St, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170
The published number is 703-443-2000. Where an organization runs several sites this often lands at a central desk, so name the clinic and say the appointment is dental.
The call is worth making for: 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.
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.
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.
I have private dental insurance. Is it worth using here?
Often yes, and the two combine: the clinic bills your plan and the discount applies to what is left. Ask whether they are in network for your plan, because out-of-network billing can leave you paying more than the discounted cash price.
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.
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.
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 Loudoun Community Health Center
Loudoun Community Health Center operates 2 other clinics in 2 other communities in Virginia. A central scheduling line can often say which of them has the shortest wait, and it is not always the nearest one. A sliding fee determination made at one of its clinics commonly carries across to the others, so income documents may not need providing twice. 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.
- Herndon Dental — Herndon, at the same address
- Neighborhood Health Joseph Willard Dental — Fairfax, about 9.4 miles away
- Loudoun Community Health Center dba HealthWorks for Northern Virginia — Leesburg, about 12.6 miles away
- Neighborhood Health at Annandale Dental — Annandale, about 13.8 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Loudoun Community Health Center dba HealthWorks for Northern Virginia (Herndon)
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Neighborhood Health Joseph Willard Dental
3750 Old Lee Hwy, Fairfax, VA 22030-1806 9.4 miles away
Community Health Center
Loudoun Community Health Center dba HealthWorks for Northern Virginia
163 Fort Evans Rd NE, Leesburg, VA 20176-4420 12.6 miles away
Community Health Center
Neighborhood Health at Annandale Dental
7501 Little River Tpke, Suite G 4, Annandale, VA 22003-2923 13.8 miles away
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