About This Clinic
This is a SLIDING SCALE clinic. The costs for clinic services are based on either your income or they offer type of financial assistance. Contact the clinic directly to discuss prices for individual services which vary. Sliding Scale does not necessarily mean free.
Staff dentists and hygienists travel to village clinics with portable dental equipment on a rotating basis. Treatment options can include disease prevention, basic restorative care (like fillings and pediatric silver crowns), and simple extractions.
Subregional Clinics
The visiting or resident dentists at the subregional clinics can do exams, x-rays, simple cleanings (deep cleanings available soon), fillings, simple extractions, and root canals on front teeth only. Services are not yet available at Subregional Clinics: crowns, bridges, partial or complete dentures, orthodontics (braces), root canals on back teeth, and difficult extractions (including many wisdom teeth).
Bethel Dental Clinic
In addition to the kind of treatment provided in villages, services at this clinic include x-rays, exams, cleanings, sealants, fluoride treatments, fillings, simple and surgical extractions, pediatric crowns, adult crowns and bridges, partial and complete dentures, simple root canal treatments, and minor oral surgeries.
Many of those more complex adult crowns and bridges, partial and complete dentures, molar root canal treatments, and oral surgeries are referred to Anchorage at the patient's own expense.
Native beneficiaries would be required to pay for some services provided which fall outside of the scope of routine preventive, restorative and urgent care. These costs are to cover the additional expense of special equipment, time and laboratory fees. These fees for specific treatments can be discussed at your initial exam appointment.
2022 US Federal Poverty Guidelines
for the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia
| Persons in family / household | Poverty guideline |
|---|---|
| 1 | $13,590 |
| 2 | $18,310 |
| 3 | $23,030 |
| 4 | $27,750 |
| 5 | $32,470 |
| 6 | $37,190 |
| 7 | $41,910 |
| 8 | $46,630 |
| For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $5,430 for each additional person. | |