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Dental bills, Broad Street and the East Side

Providence has several ways to pay for dental care: private fees, an office membership, Medicaid and income-based programs. Free care has enrollment rules. A membership has its own fee and discounts. Those choices don't all pay for the same treatment.

Angell Street and Pitman Street put private dental and braces offices on the East Side. Broad Street and Prairie Avenue have community care; our Providence dentist comparison guide helps you weigh those trips against the treatment you need. Providence's East Side is west of the Seekonk River; East Providence is across the river.

Free dental care at 655 Broad Street

Rhode Island Free Clinic requires patients to have no health insurance, not just no dental insurance. You must live in Rhode Island, be at least 18 and have income below 250% of the federal poverty level. The address is 655 Broad Street. Call 401-274-6347.

Its application needs photo ID, proof of address and proof of income. Two pay stubs, a tax return or an unemployment or disability benefit statement are among the accepted income documents. New applicants join a waitlist.

Enrolled patients can get cleanings, tooth removal and denture molds. The clinic also lists single-tooth implants among its services. That care is part of its patient program, not a free implant offer for anyone who calls. Spanish translation is offered as needed.

Adults and children at 335R Prairie Avenue

PCHC's dental campus at 335R Prairie Avenue includes adult care. Providence Community Health Centers added the adult clinic on the first floor. Children and pregnant patients get dental care upstairs in the same building.

PCHC uses sliding fees and has staff who speak several languages. The dental address has an R after 335. Medical services are at 355 Prairie Avenue. A medical clinic's hours don't tell you when the dental team sees patients.

The state's low-cost dental finder also lists adult care at Crossroads, 160 Broad Street, with a dental phone of 401-861-2403.

What the $349 Angell Street plan includes

Angell Street Dental Associates lists its own $349 yearly savings plan. The plan is offered at 425 Angell Street on the East Side. Call 401-272-2331. It includes a periodic exam, routine X-rays, an oral cancer check, two cleanings and two fluoride treatments.

Other treatment has discounts of up to 20%, and an added immediate family member gets $40 off the plan fee. The plan lasts 12 months. It's one office's offer, not the price of dental care across Providence.

Using a Neighborhood medical card for Providence dental care

Many Rhode Island adults have Medicaid dental benefits paid outside their medical health plan. For your dental bill, the office needs the dental benefit as well as the Neighborhood medical plan name. The office must take that dental benefit for it to pay your bill.

RIte Smiles covers children and some younger adults under a birth-date enrollment rule. Some members keep it into adulthood. Other Medicaid adults get dental benefits directly through the state. Your dental benefit information tells the office which system to bill.

Eddy Street care for children and adults with disabilities

Samuels Sinclair Dental Center treats all children. People with intellectual or developmental disabilities can get care at any age. It's at 593 Eddy Street, phone 401-444-5284. Adults don't age out of its disability care just because they turn 18.

The center lists preventive care, dentures, gum care, root canals and other treatment, provided there or through referral. Its service is not general dental care for every adult. Massachusetts MassHealth and Connecticut HUSKY members are directed to their own plans to find an in-network dentist.

For a child's ordinary checkup, the Rhode Island children's dentistry guide covers the dental visit itself; Eddy Street adds a local option when disability or more complex care affects the setting.

Braces consultations and parking on Pitman Street

Anchor Orthodontics posts free children's exams, while adult consultations carry a fee. Its Providence office is at 133 Pitman Street, phone 401-782-1221, by the old Eastside Marketplace plaza. It has on-site parking. You can arrange a consultation without a referral.

The office lists metal braces and custom clear braces, digital scans and return visits to adjust the braces. For a child under 6, the office first discusses the kind of visit with the family. A child's exam is free. Braces have their own treatment fee.

A free cleaning in Lincoln, with longer visits

CCRI's dental hygiene clinic gives free exams and cleanings in Lincoln. The address is 1762 Louisquisset Pike, not the college's Warwick campus. Call 401-333-7250. Students work with licensed teachers, and visits run about two hours.

Some patients need more than one visit, with no extra fee. The clinic provides cleaning, a gum exam, fluoride and other preventive services in its care plan. It doesn't fill cavities or pull teeth.

Booking follows the school year, with a usual 12-month recall. Lincoln has free parking and wheelchair access. The team can clean dentures and send copies of X-rays to your own dentist.

Gum and implant care around Angell and Elmgrove

15 Providence offices list gum care and 19 list implants. Angell Street and Elmgrove Avenue have periodontal offices, so an East Side search can put gum treatment and tooth replacement close together. Bone loss and gum disease can add treatment before an implant.

For a missing tooth, the implant treatment guide separates the part placed in bone from the crown above it. A price for only the implant leaves out part of the finished tooth. A Providence root canal dentist treats the inside of a tooth that can still be saved.

Tooth pain in South Providence or on the East Side

Difficulty breathing or swallowing with dental swelling needs 911, not a bus ride to an ordinary appointment. For a broken filling or painful tooth without those danger signs, describe the pain and swelling when calling a dentist. A hospital can treat a dangerous infection, but fixing the tooth still needs dental care.

The R-Line, cash fares and Medicaid rides

The R-Line follows Broad Street and North Main Street through Providence. Kennedy Plaza is a downtown stop on that corridor. East Side streets such as Angell and Pitman require a different final part of the trip.

RIPTA's full cash fare is $2 each time you board, without a transfer. A $2 Wave fare includes unlimited rides for one hour. Wave caps full-fare spending at $6 a day and $70 a month. That difference matters when changing buses for Prairie Avenue or coming back after treatment.

For Medicaid patients with no other way to travel, MTM arranges rides to covered dental care at 855-330-9131. Requests normally need two business days. Weekends and holidays don't count. The ride is for patients who qualify under Medicaid's travel rules.

Smith Street, Cranston and the towns beside Providence

Smith Street continues toward North Providence, while Broad Street leads toward Cranston. Those routes can make North Providence offices or Cranston dentists a shorter trip than crossing the city. Pawtucket is another northern comparison; East Providence is across the river, not the East Side.

Western trips can include Johnston; southern trips can include Warwick. The Rhode Island dentist list brings those towns together. Braces often mean returning for adjustments, so compare the trip to a Providence orthodontist as well as the first consultation.