Practice overview
Neighborcare Health at Rainier Beach is a community health centre at 9245 Rainier Avenue South in Seattle’s Rainier Valley, with medical, dental, pharmacy and mental health services in one building. The dental clinic provides comprehensive general dentistry and emergency dental care to patients of all ages.
Dental services
Neighborcare lists cleanings, fillings, X-rays, specialty dental care, referrals to dental specialists and emergency dental care. Neighborcare offers same-day and walk-in appointments for dental emergencies at all of its dental clinics; for an emergency here, call 206-461-6981.
Dental team
The clinic’s dentists are Erica Moon, DDS (site dental director), Ricardo Alchini, PhD, DMD, Tram Huynh, DDS, Winston Lo, DDS, Dang Nguyen, DDS, Elsie A. Nguyen, DMD, Micah Nicholson, DDS, and Vaishali Tuteja, BDS. Dental hygienists include Dao Huynh, RDH, Minh-Thanh Nguyen and Rachel Nguyen, RDH.
Hours
The dental clinic is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 6:45am to 5:30pm, and Wednesday from 7am to 5:30pm (on the first and third Wednesdays it is closed from 8am to 9am). Phone lines are staffed Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. The clinic is closed on most federal holidays.
Insurance and costs
Neighborcare accepts most insurance, including Apple Health (Medicaid), and private plans, with limits for new patients. Insurance is not required: a sliding fee discount is available based on household size and income, and Neighborcare says no one is denied services due to inability to pay. Insurance enrolment help and interpretation in more than 55 languages are also offered. Neighborcare asks for 48 hours’ notice to cancel a dental appointment.