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Community Health Center
Graham - Kapowsin SBHC
22100 108th Ave E, Graham, WA 98338-8871
Graham - Kapowsin SBHC is a community health center dental clinic in Graham, WA, operated by Community Health Care, which runs 6 clinics in Washington.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Access to This Clinic
This clinic is located inside a school. School-based health center sites typically serve enrolled students, and in some cases their families or the surrounding community. Access is determined jointly by the school and the health center. Contact the clinic before visiting to confirm whether patients who are not students can be seen.
Clinic Details
| Address | 22100 108th Ave E, Graham, WA 98338 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 253-354-4315 |
| Operated by | Community Health Care |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Setting | School |
Planning Your Visit
22100 108th Ave E, Graham, WA 98338
The published number is 253-354-4315. 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, whether your insurance or Medicaid dental plan is accepted, by plan name, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.
Dental Services
This clinic has not published a list of the treatments it provides. Expect the routine treatments to be available. The question worth asking is about the expensive ones: root canals, dentures and oral surgery are handled in house at some health centers and referred out at others.
Costs and Coverage
Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. Because Community Health Care 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.
No Medicaid registration has been recorded for this clinic, which is not the same as Medicaid being refused. What Washington 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
Is this the only option in Graham?
It is the only clinic of this kind we hold for Graham itself. Clinics of this kind cluster around larger towns, so the nearest alternatives are listed further down this page and are frequently worth the journey.
Can I just walk in?
Rarely for dental, even where the medical side takes walk-ins. Dental chairs are booked by appointment because each one occupies a room and a clinician for a set time. Call first; a walk-in dental visit is usually reserved for emergencies.
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?
No website is recorded for this clinic, so the phone is the route. If you reach a central number for the organization, say the clinic name and say the appointment is dental, or you may be booked into the medical schedule.
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.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by Community Health Care
Community Health Care operates 5 other clinics in 4 other communities in Washington. 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. 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.
- Sea Mar CHC - Puyallup 125th Street Ct. E. — Puyallup, about 5.9 miles away
- SPANAWAY CLINIC — Spanaway, about 7.2 miles away
- New Puyallup Clinic — Puyallup, about 9.3 miles away
- Kimi & George Tanbara, MD Health Center — Tacoma, about 12.4 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Graham - Kapowsin SBHC
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
SPANAWAY CLINIC
134 188th St S, Spanaway, WA 98387-4618 7.2 miles away
Community Health Center
New Puyallup Clinic
201 W Main, Puyallup, WA 98371-5327 9.3 miles away
Community Health Center
Kimi & George Tanbara, MD Health Center
1708 E 44th St, Tacoma, WA 98404-4611 12.4 miles away
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