Are there any dental offices that help people who are unemployed or uninsured?
– C.B., Fayetteville A: Yes. Stedman Family Dental Center in Stedman and Anderson Creek Dental in Spring Lake both provide discounted care to qualifying low-income people. Both are part of federally funded health centers, which also provide discounted medical care to qualifying people. You can call the Stedman center at 483-3150 or check stedmanwadehealthservices.org, and the Anderson Creek office at 893-5402 or check www.firstchoicechc.org. Elsewhere in the region, similar dental services are provided at CommWell Health offices in Dublin, (910) 879-1020; Dunn, (910) 567-2646, and Salemburg, (910) 525-4628. For other federally funded health centers in the region, check http://bphc.hrsa.gov/ and click on “find a health center.” Other dental care options include The CARE Clinic at 239 Robeson St., which treats qualifying Cumberland County residents for free. But its only dental service is tooth extraction, so that might be a last resort. For information, call 485-0555. You can get your t
