Medical and Dental Clinic
Medical and Dental Clinic: General Information
Location:
701 17th Ave W, Bradenton, FL 34205
Telephone / Fax:
T: (941) 567-6156 / F: (941) 761-5383
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm
Medical Care
Proper medical & dental care is important, even when you do not have insurance.
The Turning Points Medical Clinic provides free primary and specialty services to uninsured Manatee County residents.
Primary and specialty services are provided by three staff nurse practitioners plus several volunteer physicians, nurses, and other medical providers. The clinic also has onsite blood testing and treatments for Hep-C, high cholesterol and diabetes.
Also, supervising physicians from Lake Erie College of Medicine (LECOM) work with fourth year medical students to provide you with high quality medical primary care at our clinic.
To be eligible for services you must meet income and residency guidelines. To schedule an appointment with the medical clinic, please call the number above.
Click here to download the Clinic Eligibility packet – Turning Points Eligibility Packet This packet must be completed and returned before an appointment can be made.
Pharmacy Services
LECOM Pharmacy Students with a Supervisory Pharmacist, assist in care coordination for chronic diseases: Diabetes, Congestive Heart Failure, COPD, Hypertension and provide Smoking Cessation Classes.
These students help you sign up for prescription assistance programs and work with you to ensure the best possible outcome for your medication use.
They also set-up stations outside the Medical Clinic and at events to measure blood glucose levels and cholesterol levels.
The LECOM Pharmacy and Medical students work side by side to provide the best care for you.
Dental Care
Over the weekend you develop a terrible toothache. Your options for care are limited, since you have no dental insurance of any kind and you have limited income. Where to turn? Up until the opening of our Dental Clinic in the fall of 2009, you probably would go to an emergency room – where you might receive a prescription for a pain medication or be directed to take aspirin and try to find someone to see you the next week.
You also may be eligible for Project Smiles – Our dentures program funded by Manatee County Government.
Now you can see a dentist at the Turning Points Dental Clinic for most of your dental care needs, if you meet eligibility guidelines of residency and income. Our Dental Clinic has volunteer dentists, hygienists, and assistants working every weekday to meet the critical need of access to dental care.
We continue to recruit dental professionals who are interested in giving back to our community by using their specific skills to treat people in need. We have been fortunate to be awarded grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Florida to employ 4 dentists in order to expand our dental services to 5 days a week for the year.
To make an appointment for dental care you will need to call the number above, and speak with a patient care coordinator. Although we do our best to reserve time for emergency walk in clients each day, this may not always be possible, so it is best to call and speak with a patient care coordinator if you need to be seen.
