Sources of Reduced-Cost
or Free Oral Health Care
in Region 2

Boone, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and Wayne Counties

Valley Health System  (Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln and Kanawha Counties)

Valley Health offers low cost dental and preventive oral health services through its numerous clinics and satellite offices. 2585 Third Avenue Huntington, WV 25703, Phone: 304-525-3334  Email: info@vhs-wv.org  Dental services on a sliding fee scale are offered at their following locations:

• Valley Health -- Westmoreland, 2908 Auburn Road, Huntington, WV 25704  Phone: 304-781-5800
• Fort Gay Primary Health Care, Inc., 3329 Bridge Street Fort Gay, WV 25514  Phone: 304- 648-5544
• Harts Health Center, Inc., 4 State Route 93, Harts, WV 25524  Phone: 304-855-4595
• Upper Kanawha Valley Association, 408 Alexander Street, Drawer F Cedar Grove, WV 25039 Phone: 304-595-1770
• Harmony House, 627 Fourth Avenue Huntington, WV 25701 Phone: 304-523-2764 (no-cost dental services to the homeless population of the tri-state area located in Huntington)

Kanawha Dental Health Council (Kanawha County)

The Kanawha Dental Health Council is a non profit agency that consists of seven school based dental clinics located within Kanawha County schools.  They provide preventive and restorative care to any student enrolled in Kanawha County Schools that meet their eligibility guidelines.  Contact Sharon Zegeer at 304-348-6613 or 304-741-2944

West Virginia Health Right (Kanawha County)

Although a primary objective of the dental program is the elimination of pain and infection, hundreds of patients have had significant restorative work including fillings, partials, dentures and major oral surgery.  Free care for qualified patients.  1520 Washington Street East,  Charleston, WV 25311, Phone: 304·343·7000

Womencare, Inc. (Kanawha County)

WomenCare, Inc., dba FamilyCare, Schoenbaum Family Enrichment Center 1701 Fifth Avenue, Box 5 Charleston, WV 25312 Phone: (304) 414-4499.  Dental care on a sliding scale fee basis.

School-Based Health Centers and School Nurses

West Virginia counties employ at least one full-time school nurse per school for children in grades kindergarten through seven.  Moreover, there are many school-based health centers in the state offering a variety of medical, mental health, dietetic and health education services.  Few offer dental services.  Where offered, services are provided by school nurses and limited to classroom education, nursing assessments, fluoride rinse/tablets, and referrals.  However, some schools offer more.  In this area, the following schools offer or have offered some level of oral health care:

Cabell-Midland and Huntington High Schools (Cabell County)

Duvall Elementary, Guyan Valley and Lincoln County High Schools (Lincoln County)

Wayne Middle School and Spring Valley High School (Wayne County)