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Getting dental care in Lynn

For those without insurance that covers dental care, affording dental treatment can be a real problem. The Lynn Community Health Center has a dental clinic that treats the uninsured in Lynn. The clinic is located on Union Street about a block from the main health center. Call the Health Center for further information and to make an appointment.

The major dental graduate programs in Boston also operate clinics that can sometime provide low income uninsured patients care for free or at greatly reduced cost, utilizing dental students to provide the care as part of their education. Click here for information about the Tufts Dental School clinics. Click here for information about the Boston University Dental School's clinics.

Links to local health care providers described in these articles

· Lynn Community Health Center - Primary care, specialty care, care for the uninsured, walk-in care, mental health
· North Shore Medical Center - Union Hospital - Lynn's only hospital - acute care, inpatient surgery, emergency room
· Health Quarters - Family Planning, contraception, pregnancy and HIV testing, women's health
· CAB Health and Recovery Services - Detox and other substance abuse treatment services
· My Brother's Table - Weekly free health clinic and free meals
· Project COPE - Access to substance abuse treatment and substance abuse treatment related transitional housing
· Harvard Pilgrim Provider Directory - Find a doctor in Lynn if you are a Harvard Pilgrim Member
· Blue Cross Blue Shield Mass Physicians DIrectory - Find a doctor in Lynn if you are a Blue Cross Blue Shield or HMO Blue member