Columbia Dental Health Center
Medicaid-friendly Columbia practice for extractions, dentures and implants under sedation
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Columbia Dental Health Center is ranked in the top 3 on 1 Smyleee Top 10 list.
About Columbia Dental Health Center
Outlet Pointe Boulevard is a short commercial loop off Bush River Road on Columbia's western side, close to the I-20 and I-26 interchange and convenient for anyone driving in from Irmo, Cayce or West Columbia. Columbia Dental Health Center works there as an access-focused practice. Dr. Brandon Cain and his team accept Medicaid alongside major insurance plans, offer third-party financing through Cherry, and take patients directly without requiring a referral from another dentist. Staff communicate with patients in English and Spanish.
Sedation is central to how the office handles the work it does most: extractions, surgical removals and implant placement. Oral sedation means a tablet taken beforehand that leaves you awake but detached, with little memory of the appointment afterwards. IV sedation is titrated through a vein, so the depth can be adjusted minute by minute while breathing and heart rate are monitored. Neither is general anesthesia, and neither removes the need for local numbing. What they change is the anxiety, the sense of time passing, and the ability to get several quadrants finished in one sitting rather than spread across months of dreaded visits. Either route ends the same way, though: somebody else has to be behind the wheel when you leave, so the visit has to land on a day when a relative or a friend can come along with you.
The restorative side runs from single implants through implant-retained dentures, which use two or more posts to lock a lower denture down instead of relying on suction that the lower jaw never provides well. The nylon inserts inside those attachments are wear parts, incidentally, and get swapped out every year or so to keep the snap firm; budget for that rather than being surprised by it. Conventional full dentures and partials, simple and surgical extractions, wisdom tooth removal, general restorative work and emergency appointments fill out the list, and emergencies are usually the reason a first visit happens at all.
Cost transparency is the point of a practice like this, but it has limits worth naming out loud. Adult Medicaid dental coverage in South Carolina is narrower than children's coverage, so ask specifically what your plan pays toward extractions, dentures or implants before you commit to a treatment sequence, and get the remaining balance in writing. Hours are weekdays only, opening at eight and closing between three and four depending on the day, with no weekend clinic.
Columbia Dental Health Center works from Outlet Pointe Boulevard off Bush River Road, where Dr. Brandon Cain's team accepts Medicaid alongside major insurance, offers Cherry financing and takes patients without a referral. The emphasis is on extractions, wisdom teeth, implants, implant-retained dentures, conventional dentures and partials, restorative work and emergency visits, with oral and IV sedation for anxious patients. Staff communicate in English and Spanish. Weekday hours only.
Clinic Details
Parking
Free parking lot
Best Known For
Dental Implants, Dentures, Affordable Dental Care, Emergency Dentistry
Business Hours
| Monday | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Thursday | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Friday | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| Saturday(Today) | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the practice accept Medicaid?
What is the difference between oral and IV sedation?
Is anyone available who speaks Spanish?
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Reviews
Smyleee Rating
Excellent
1,073 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great and friendly people highly recommend
Very pleased with my experience at this office. The staff is very caring and super efficient with their work! I highly recommend them for your Dental needs! They have a patient for life... if they'll have me back🙃
I literally just had a tooth extraction less than 30 minutes ago! That’s how you know they are the bomb. Saysha (excuse me if I spelled your name wrong) went over and beyond the call of duty to secure me an appointment. Dr Cain, was super amazing, patient, kind, meticulous, knowledgeable, and overall amazing! Do not second guess booking them. You will not regret it!
This is the nicest dental place I have ever gone to. The girls there are just extremely nice and helpful no matter what day what year what month I go in there the girls are always smiling. Everybody always seems to be happy and getting along and the doctors are good looking too! I would recommend Columbia Dental health center to anybody who is scared to go to the dentist because these guys are great.
They were amazing!! I was a nervous wreck having my tooth pulled, but they made sure I was comfortable and they walked me through everything before they even did the extraction which I greatly appreciated! I would recommend them to everyone!!!
I brought my son in from a referral. Once my son was brought back to be seen, the dental hygienist did not bother to look at my son's teeth and the Dr who came in afterward barely looked at my son's teeth before he decided that they could not do any work on my son's teeth because it was beyond their ability to provider the service to him. My son is Autistic and needed sedation for the procedure but they couldn't do it. So he was referred to Prisma Health Dentistry for the procedure. I had to ask for a copy of the referral and when I called Prisma Health Dentistry, they never got a referral. I called the Columbia Dental Health Center and they would not answer my calls, I kept getting hung up on. So not only were they relunctant to help my son, but they wouldn't send the referral for him. It's a shame because I thought the staff was kind, but wasn't any help when it comes to my son's care.
I had a very good experience with this Doctor and his Assistant they were very nice and courteous very talkative and definitely listen to what I had to say I would highly recommend their practice! Thank you all for your time and expertise stay safe and God bless you and your families.
I highly recommend Columbia Dental Health Center for your dental health care. Dr Cain is a great dentist that really cares about patients. Dr Cain and his team did my dental care and I had no issues. His team even followed up the next day to make sure I had no issues. Also Dr Cain spent time talking to me on my first visit and recommended that I go to a E.R due to my blood pressure and thanks to Dr Cain I discovered I had other medical issues that I didn’t know about. Dr Cain is not just a good dentist he is a great American citizen that cares about his patients. Great staff and a great dental office for all your dental health needs.
I had a fear of dentist after a bad past episode with another dental clinic but when I went here the staff was nice, helpful, and patient with me. The dentist and his assistant were so patient and gentle with me I had major problem areas and I felt no pain. To the whole staff GREAT JOB KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK YOU DO!!!!! TO anyone in need of dental work done Please Please do yourself a favor and come to the BEST DENTAL CLINC IN COLUMBIA SC.
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