Free/Low Cost Dental Work Resources

One of my favorite street vendors and I was talking and somehow we began discussing dental care. I still don’t recall how we got on the subject, but he asked for resources because he wanted his remaining teeth all removed. I knew there were local resources, but couldn’t recall them at that time.

Once I got home I was able to collect this list for him from posting online already. I’m gonna print it and hope he makes good use of it.This list is a gift to any adult in the medical coverage whole as well.  If you are not near any of these locations, just use the keywords and enter your town or county name. Something must come up.

Low Cost and Free Dental clinics in or near Charlotte

1. Dental Hygiene Clinic at CPCC

1335 Elizabeth Avenue  Charlotte, NC – 28204  704-330-6704

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Teeth cleaning, fluoride and x-rays. Screening is free; walk-in, first-come first serve; call for screening days and hours. If accepted, $20.00 per visit for appointments.

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2. Carolinas Mobile Dentistry

1000 Blythe Blvd  Charlotte, NC – 28203  (704) 355-5317   Clinic Full Details

1. Bethesda Health Center 133 Stetson Dr., Charlotte, NC 28262, 704-596-5606
2. CMC Biddle Point 1801 Rozzelles Ferry Rd. , Charlotte, NC 28208, 704-446-9987
3. CMC Elizabeth Family Practice 2001 Vail Ave., Charlotte, NC 28207, 704-304-7000
4. CMC Myers Park 1350 S. Kings Dr., Charlotte, NC 28207, 704-446-1600
5. CMC NorthPark 251 Eastway Dr., Charlotte, NC 28213, 704-446-9991
6. C. W. Williams Community Health Center, Inc. 3333 Wilkinson Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28208, 704-393-7720
7. Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Solutions 1100 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28203 24-hour Call Center: 1-800-939-5911
8. Care Ring 601 E 5th St. Ste 140, Charlotte, NC 28202, 704-375-0172
9. Charlotte Community Health Clinic 8401 Medical Plaza Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262, 704-316-6561 J. Dental Hygiene Clinic at CPCC 1335 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204, 704-330-6704
10. Free Clinic of Our Towns Davidson 212 Gamble St., Davidson, NC 28036, 704-896-0471
11. HeartBright Cardiac Resource Center 2923 South Tryon St. Ste 200, Charlotte, NC 28203, 704-373-3002
12. Lake Norman Community Health Clinic 14230 Hunters Rd., Huntersville, NC 28078, 704-316-6611
13. Matthews Free Medical Clinic 196 S. Trade St., Matthews, NC 28105, 704-841-8882
14. Mecklenburg County Health Department 2845 Beatties Ford Rd., Charlotte, NC 28216, Information 704-336-4700, Appointments: 704-336-6500
15. Mecklenburg County Health Department 249 Billingsley Rd., Charlotte, NC 28211, Information: 704–336-4700, Appointments: 704-336-6500
16. Mecklenburg County Health Department Pediatric Dental Clinic 1801 Rozzelles Ferry Rd., Charlotte, NC 28208, 980-314-9600
17. NC MedAssist 601 E 5th St. Ste 350, Charlotte, NC 28202, 704-536-1790
18. Shelter Health Services, Inc 534 Spratt St., Charlotte, NC 28206, 704-334-0000
19. Teen Health Connection 3541 Randolph Rd. Ste 206, Charlotte, NC 28211, 704-381-8336 – Novant Health Mobile Community Care Cruiser Mobile Unit with various locations throughout the County, 704-384-3031

 

3. Gaston Family Health Services Pediatric Dentistry

18 miles away from Charlotte

890 Summit Crossing Place Gastonia, NC – 28054 704-874-0377

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Nearby Dental Clinic: 18 miles from Charlotte

Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Services: Pediatric Dentistry This facility sees children ages 0-13 and offers Sedation Dentistry. As well, they provide a full range of primarydental services like cleanings, fluoride varnish, fillings, sealants, extractions, pulpotomies (babyroot ca

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4. The Ada Jenkins Center Free Clinic Of Out Towns

20 miles away from Charlotte

212 Gamble St  Davidson, NC – 28036  (704) 896-0471  Clinic Full Details

Nearby Dental Clinic: 20 miles from Charlotte

The mobile center provides quality dental care to those in need in the north Mecklenburg and south Iredell area. Basic dental services are provided at this center(dental screenings, cleanings, fillings, extractions, oral health education and referrals to specialty services). Volunteer dental profess

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5. Gaston Family Health Services Dental Clinic

21 miles away from Charlotte

991 W. Hudson Blvd.Gastonia, NC – 28052  704-853-5191  Clinic Full Details

Nearby Dental Clinic: 21 miles from Charlotte

Monday – Thursday: 8:00 am – 7:00 pm Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm This facility opened in January 1996, and began treating patients in July 2004. They serve people who have Medicaid, Health Choice, or private insurance as well as those who are uninsured or underinsured and cannot afford fees charge

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6. York County Free Clinic

22 miles away from Charlotte

410 Oakland Ave  Rock Hill, SC – 29732  803-366-6337 Clinic Full Details

Nearby Dental Clinic: 22 miles from Charlotte

Clinic HoursMonday-Thursday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm(Closed for lunch 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm)Friday (Closed) York County Free Clinic provides compassionate care for qualified patients (age 18-64) by appointment only for free services, including dental care. Visit the website provided for full information

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CARE RING

601 E. Fifth St., Suite 140  Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Phone number (704) 375-0172

Matthews Health Clinic

113 N. Ames St.  Charlotte, NC 28105 (704) 841-1694

One of the leading place to turn to for help in the greater Charlotte area. A number of basic medical and dental care services are offered, and programs are targeted at the less fortunate and uninsured.

Medical Society, Mecklenburg County – This is a great resource for referrals to government programs and local community clinics as well as social services.

Location of the clinic is 1112 Harding Pl., Suite 200 Charlotte, North Carolina 28204

Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) @ Myers Park

Address – 1350 S. Kings Dr.Charlotte, North Carolina 28207 Phone number – (704) 446-1600

Primary Health-Care of Charlotte, P.A.

Address and phone numbers are 508 Beatties Ford Rd.

Charlotte, NC 28216  Dial – (704) 347-1172

Loving Touch Adult Day/Health Care Center, Inc.

Address of the health center is – 1302 Beatties Ford Rd.

Charlotte, NC 28216  Call the location at (704) 331-0015

Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) @ NorthPark

251 Eastway Dr.  Charlotte, North Carolina 28213  (704) 446-9991

Physicians Reach Out

Location is 601 E. Fifth St., Suite 150  Charlotte, NC 28202   (704) 371-4740

Many volunteer nurses, doctors, dentists, and hygienists provide free health and dental care to the homeless and people who can’t afford to pay medical or hospital bills.

1. W. Williams Community Health Center @ Wilkinson Blvd.

3333 Wilkinson Blvd. Charlotte, North Carolina 28266

Call (704) 393-7720 to speak to a medical professional and to make an appointment. A charity care program is in place for the poor and uninsured.

Another office of the C. W. Williams Community Health Center is @ Midtown Medical Office

Address – 1918 Randolph Rd., Rm. #670  Charlotte, NC 28207 Main phone number: (704) 393-7720

Greenville Neighborhood Center. – City of Charlotte Neighborhood Development

1330 Spring St. Charlotte, NC 28206  (704) 336-2877

CMC Biddle Point – Health Department

1801 Rozzelles Ferry Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 Dial the clinic at (704) 350-7300

As the name implies, the clinic focuses on offering dental care. Some services, such as cleanings or check ups, may be provided for free to income qualified families.

Health Department Clinics at Billingsley

Address 249 Billingsley Rd. Charlotte, NC 28211 Dial the Mecklenburg community clinic at (704) 336-4700

Some of the health care that may be available includes pharmaceutical services (as appropriate), out reach, patient education, basic check ups, and immunization and prenatal care.

Presbyterian Healthcare

200 Hawthorne Ln.  Charlotte, North Carolina 28204 Call the center at (704) 384-4000

As you look through this list, I encourage you to contact your local politicians and remind them why expanding Medicaid is important t o you and your loved ones.

Friday Four: Home school, Charter, High and Private

This year we got two of our children accepted for an Opportunity Educational grant. The Opportunity Scholarship Program expands school choice in North Carolina through scholarship grants for eligible children in kindergarten through 12th

 

It wasn’t hard at all to get it. All I did was apply. It took less than a hour and I did it for five of my children.

Our children have been to public school, charter schools, regular high schools in low income zones and now high school in high income zone.  Let me be  the first to tell you , there is MESS in all of them if you skip a beat.

Our oldest daughter was attending Kennedy Charter last year. They put so many electives in her day. They kept promising to fix it the following semester and it never happened. Because they were easy classes, my daughter got comfortable with them too so of course she wouldn’t say anything.  As we began the process to transfer her to her current high school, instead of her being a senior, she a junior.

Now at the high income high school, ( for reading pleasure, let’s say Providence High) the counselor there won’t return phone calls to figure out a way to get her out in time. When my daughter discovered at opportunity, she replies that she has never heard of it.   So now she passing the same classes she’s taken already.

As we now prepare ourselves for private school. I am creating a checklist for signals to lookout for. Of course you can never be to sure of anything, but from dealing with a few educational warehouses,  I now can sense when to grab my child and run. 

Disclosure: I acknowledge that school systems are blessed with many gifted administrators and dedicated teachers, not all educational facilities are created equal. However, here are my four points of caution. Feel free to add yours in the comments.

1. The large majority of your teachers have less than five years of experience- The best schools have solid veteran teaching forces, mixing in talented newcomers each year as teachers retire or move into administration or other job opportunities. When you run off your veteran teachers, you not only do not have teachers who can mentor the younger staff members and help them reach their full potential, but you also are increasing the odds that you are going to hire some less gifted teachers just to fill the vacancies. That makes it that much harder to understand why so many state legislatures are appropriating millions for inexperienced Teach for America instructors instead of spending that money to keep their best teachers in the classroom.”
2. Does your child seem fixated on designer labels and trendy clothes for school? This is a symptom of an approach that emphasizes external rather than internal values, causing children to rely on shallower means of comparison and acceptance, rather than deeper values.
3. The community is not involved in its schools- In many school districts, the community is kept at arm’s length until it is time to pass another bond issue or tax levy increase. Or the community involvement is restricted to a carefully selected group of business and civic leaders or the spouses of those leaders. A successful school district is one in which the involvement is organic and comes from all segments of the community, not just the ones who are needed when it comes time to ask for money. In some school districts, the community is asked for its input and then guided to give the input the administrators are seeking so they can say whatever initiative they have has the support of the community. That is not community involvement; that is pure spin
4. Your child suffers a staggering drop in self-confidence. “Your child may begin to call himself ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ or is overly anxious about homework.”This is often a sign that the teaching style your child is meeting in the classroom is in direct conflict with what he or she requires to learn. Conversely, if your child is not being challenged, you may notice that he or she has started to act out in the classroom or regularly complains about being bored at school.”

More on Schooling:

Types of schooling

8 Signs Of A Bad School

The top-five reasons to avoid a high school

Wish us luck!

Jabela

 

Friday Four: Using Federal Child Nutrition Programs in a Holistic Home

Right now in our household we receive WIC and are eligible for free school lunch. For some reason it surprises folks that I have such a large family and that two, we a very selective in what we eat.  One of our favorite WIC meals is our pancakes. Recipe below…….

Rice Flour Pancakes with WIC items- 

WIC Items: 1 large egg, ½ cup yogurt (made from your milk, see first page), ½ cup milk

Non WIC Items: 2/3 cup brown rice flour, 1/3 cup cornstarch, 1 teaspoon honey, 1 teaspoon baking powder, pinch of salt, 2 tablespoons melted butter.

Tools: Skillet, stove top, bowl, spoon, teaspoon, measuring cup

Sift the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Mix egg with butter and yogurt; stir in milk. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just blended. Fry as you would regular pancakes on greased skillet for about 2 minutes each side or until golden brown. Then eat up!

WIC (Woman Infant and Children)  is a governmental  grant program. It provides* food to help  moms make “healthier” food choices by specifying offering monthly vouchers for whole grains, cheeses, peanut butter, beans, milk, eggs, fruits juice, cereal and veggies. While I’m not a fan of everything they offer/exclude, it helps us feed our family.

I used formula for 3 babies, but the rest I breastfed. My over all experience with WIC has been okay. I just hated missing my appointments. When that happens, I just know that the next appointment will not be for another 3 weeks. So I try to keep my dates on a calendar  in my bathroom so my husband can help remind me. I also loathe selecting the wrong items from the grocery isle.  Every store differs some how in grains, brand of milk, fruits types- it’s nerve wrecking! There was a shopping guide issued with the vouchers, but they change so much, it useless most times. But when you tally it all up, WIC works for us!

Since I have more knowledge on the WIC program, I’ll share with you my top 4 tips for benefiting from the free program:

1. A hand up is not a hand out! I was not raise on public assistance. and did not want to raise my children on it as a married woman… a veterans wife. BUT we are in different days now. I have a large family, my husband is disabled and I refuse to nutritionally starve my family because of pride. When my children are big, they will  remember fun in the kitchen and yummy, healthy meals. Not  we were hungry all of the time.

2. Cook those beans! At one time,I couldn’t make a decent pot of meatless beans to save my live. But thanks to Pinterest and a bunch of smart friends we are eating veggie based burgers, more soups, and flavor happy beans more frequently!

3. Grow your own produce. You do not need a bunch of space and a super green thumb. It will help your food budget immensely.

4. Don’t waste it.  When my children took the school lunch ,they used to throw so much of it away. I couldn’t get too upset with them because I used to do the exact same thing with the WIC milk.  It was shameful and I felt really bad about it all. What we do now  makes more sense. The kids take their own lunch from home, and I ask my nutritionist to reserve  some of the milk for someone else.

WIC VOUCHER

While WIC does help improve the diets of some moms. I would love to see demo classes offered to moms as they sign up. I think more moms will eat better with some type of culinary skills to take in the kitchen with those free groceries. I also think they should revisit the juice, peanut butter, and cereal category. But that’s just my simple minded opinion. Gotta go now, Ya’ll have a great weekend!

Jabela

More on Public Nutrition Benefits

• WIC is a “discretionary” grant program
• WIC’sfairly limited list
• WIC Works Resource system 

• Maximizing and Eating Healthy with WIC

• RECIPES – Here’s one
•                     Here’s another one
•                      Another one! 
•                      Last one – I promise!

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