Sources of Reduced-Cost
or Free Oral Health Care
in Region 4

Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and Wood Counties

Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department

Provides oral health education and other efforts and serves the City of Parkersburg, Calhoun, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt & Wood Counties with additional WIC offices in Jackson, Gilmer and Mason Counties (304) 485-7374.  Contact Mary Beth Shea, RDH,  Oral Health Coordinator

Minnie Hamilton Health System, Inc.

Offers dental services at its Grantsville operation, 186 Hospital Drive, Grantsville, WV 26147.   Phone: 304-354-6144.  Sliding fee and credit programs.

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:

Calhoun County Middle School and Calhoun County High School (Calhoun County)

Ripley High School (Jackson County)