Dr. Patricia James, DDS
- Illinois license active, first licensed Sep 1990
NPI 1164597613 · Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, checked Sep 2026 · named on the practice's website
General dentist · Ashburn
Helping Hands Dental Services
2447 W 79th St, Chicago, IL 60652
5 stars from 2 reviews
Opening hours below
- Medicaid (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield)
Mobile clinics serve the community
Its website says mobile clinics serve schools, community groups, and events with exams, routine cleanings, preventive care, and fluoride treatments. Each visit requires at least 20 patients.
Illinois records show James has a longer licensing history
Illinois records show Dr. Patricia James has held an active license since 1990, earlier than most Chicago dentists we list.
- Open Saturdays
- Yesopen Saturdays
- Licensed in Illinois since
- 1990its longest-licensed confirmed dentist
- Licensed longer than 82% of Chicago dentists we list
- Middle Chicago dentist: first licensed 2007
Plans for children's dental care
Insure Kids Now names Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, CountyCare, Illinois HFS, Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, and Molina Health Plan for children's dental care.
Medicaid (children)
Aetna (Medicaid) · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (Medicaid) · CountyCare (Medicaid) · Illinois HFS (Medicaid) · Meridian Health Plan of Illinois (Medicaid) · Molina Health Plan (Medicaid)
Insure Kids Now, Illinois, updated Jul 2026
James leads the organization
The practice identifies Patricia James as its executive director and says she graduated from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry. It says she established That’s the Tooth in 1995.
What they can help with
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Medicaid & low-cost
Listed by Insure Kids Now for Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and CountyCare and Illinois HFS and Meridian Health Plan of Illinois and Molina Health Plan (Illinois, updated Jul 2026)
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When you can go
- Saturday
- 9 am–2 pm
- 53% of Chicago practices open on Saturdays
- Closed
- Monday
Mon
Closed
Tue
9 am–5 pm
Wed
9 am–5 pm
Thu
9 am–5 pm
Fri
9 am–5 pm
Sat
9 am–2 pm
Sun
Closed
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Hours from its listing. Check when you call.
In the practice's words
Its own business description
“Helping Hands Dental Services, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is dedicated to providing access to quality dental care and oral health education to underinsured and uninsured residents of Greater Chicagoland, regardless of their ability to pay. …”
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Sources and dates
Business listing and reviews, Sep 2026 · hhds-chicago.org, Sep 2026 · Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Sep 2026 · NPI registry · Insure Kids Now, updated Jul 2026 · City of Chicago community areas